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高三英语阅读理解题训练及答案详解

高三英语阅读理解题训练及答案详解第一篇：Imagine a mass of floating waste is two times the size of the state of Texas. Texas has a land area of more than 678 000 square kilometers. So it might bedifficult to imagine anything twice as big.All together, this mass of waste flowing in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch. It weighs about 3 500 000 tons. The waste includes bags，bottles and containers—plastic products of all kinds.The eastern part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is about l 600 kilometers west of California. The western part is west of the Hawaiian Islands and east of Japan. The area has been described as a kind of oceanic desert，with light winds and slow moving water currents. The water moves so slow that garbage from all over the world collects there.In recent years，there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health. Scientists say thousands of animals get trapped in the floating waste，resulting in death or injury. Even more die from a lack of food or water after swallowing pieces ofplastic. The trash can also make animals feel full，lessening their desire to eat or drink.The floating garbage also can have harmful effects on people. There is an increased threat of infection of disease from polluted waste，and from eating fish that swallowed waste. Divers can also get trapped in the plastic.Its existence first gained public attention in l997. That was when racing boat captain and oceanographer Charles Moore and his crew sailed into the garbage while returning from a racing event. Five years earlier，another oceanographer learned of the trash after a shipment of rubber duckies got lost at sea. Many of those toys are now part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.In August，2009，a team from the University of California，San Diego became thelatest group to travel to it. They were shocked by the amount of waste they saw. They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patch’s effec t on ocean environment.51.How did the writer introduce the topic of the passage?A. By giving an example.B. By listing the facts.C. By telling a story.D. By giving a parison.52.What do we know about the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?A. It is made up of various kinds of plastic products.B. It is a solid mass of floating waste materials.C. It lies l60 000 kilometers east of California.D. It is described as a kind of oceanic desert.53.Why do people pay attention to the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?A. Because it may prevent the flow of ocean water.B. Because the polluted plastic articles will move up the food chain.C. Because it may be from an island in the pacific.D. Because ships may be trapped in the floating waste.54.Which column can you find the passage on a newspaper?A. Sports and entertainment.B. Media and culture.C. Environment and society.D. Science and technology.55.The purpose of writing this passage isto____________.A. warn people of the danger to travel in the pacificB. analyze what caused the waste patch in the pacificC. give advice on how to recycle waste in the oceanD. introduce the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch第二篇：Europeans should try to stay indoors if ash from Iceland's volcano starts settling, the World Health Organization warned Friday as small amounts fell in Iceland, Scotland and Norway.WHO spokesman Daniel Epstein said the microscopic(微小的) ash is potentially dangerous for people when it starts to reach the Earth because inhaled(吸入) particles can enter the lungs and cause respiratory problems. And he also said Europeans who go outside might want to consider wearing a mask.Other experts, however, weren't convinced the volcanic ash would have a major effect on peoples' health and said WHO's warnings were "hysterical." They said volcanic ash was much less dangerous than cigarette smoke or pollution. Volcanic ash is made of fine particles of fragmented volcanic rock. It is light gray to black and can be as fine as talcum powder. During a volcanic eruption, the ash can be breathed deep into the lungs and cause irritation even in healthy people. But once it falls from a greater distance — like from the cloud currently hovering above Europe — its health effects are often minimal, experts say."Not all particles are created equal," said Ken Donaldson, a professor of respiratory toxicology at the University of Edinburgh, "In the great scheme of things, volcanic ash is not all that harmful." And he said most Europeans' exposure to volcanic ash would be negligible and that only those in the near districts of the Icelandic volcano would likely be at risk.Dr. Stephen Spiro, a professor of respiratory medicine and deputy chair of the British Lung Foundation, said the further the particles travel, the less dangerous they will be. "The cloud has already passed over northern Scotland and we haven't heard of any ill effects there," he said. Spiro said to wear masks or stay indoors to avoid volcanic ash was "over the top" and "a bit hysterical."60. The text is mainly about .A. the effect of volcanic ashB. the health risk of volcanic ashC. the disadvantages of volcanic ashD. the opinions on health risk of volcanic ash61. Which one is true according to Paragraph3?A. The volcanic ash’s effects on Europeans were little.B. The ash caused irritation even in healthy people.C. Other experts thought WTO’S warnings were useful.D. The volcanic ash was more dangerous than cigarette smoke or pollution.62. The underlined word “hysterical” in Paragraph4 most probably means .A. amazingB. practicalC. valuableD. overstated63. What can we learn from the passage?A. The volcanic ash wouldn’t be harmful to people.B. All experts thought the volcanic ash did great harm to our health.C. People close to the volcano would likely be at risk according to some experts.D. Europeans should stay indoors because Iceland's volcano starts settling.第一篇：51.D。

高三英语阅读理解解题训练及答案

高三英语阅读理解解题训练及答案第一篇：It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog's legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own ，and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around，and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached，and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn't last long.The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.The villagers decided that they couldn't just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides (杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn't been useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.Now，the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.1. From Paragraph 1，we learn that thevillagers________.A. worked very hard for centuriesB. dreamed of having a better lifeC. were poor but somewhat contentD. lived a different life from their forefathers2. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?A. The frogs were easy money.B. They needed money to buy medicine.C. They wanted to please the visitors.D. The frogs made too much noise.3. What might be the cause of the children's sickness?A. The crops didn't do well.B. There were too many insects.C. The visitors brought in diseases.D. The pesticides were overused.4. What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?A. Happiness es from peaceful life in the country.B. Health is more important than money.C. The harmony between man and nature is important.D. Good old days will never be forgotten.第二篇：Somali pirates (海盗) robbed three Thai fishing ships with 77 sailors on board nearly 1,200 miles off the Somali coast, the farthest-off-shore attack to date, an officer said Tuesday.Pirates have gone farther south and east in answer to increased patrols(巡逻) by warships off the Somali shore. The robbing of the three ships Sunday was about 600 miles outside the normal operation area for the international force, said a spokesman.The spokesman said the attack so far out at sea was a clear sign that the international patrols against pirates were having a “marked effect on pirateactivity in the area”.“Once they start attacking that far out, you're not even really talking about the Somali basin or areas of water that have any connection with Somalia.” said an officer, Roger Middleton. “Once you're that far out, it's just the Indian Ocean，and it means you're looking at trade going from the Gulf to Asia, from Asia to South Africa.”“This is the farthest robb ing to date. They are now operating near the Maldives and India.” said another officer.The three ships-the MV Prantalay 11,12，and 14-had 77 members on board in total. All of them are Thai, the spokesman said. Before the Sunday robbing, pirates held 11 ships and 228 sailors.Pirates have increased attacks over the past year in hopes of catching more dollar payments. Because of increased patrols and defenses on board ships, the success rate(率) has gone down, though the number of successful attacks has stayed the same year over year.1. The pirate attack reported in the texthappened________.A. far out in the Indian OceanB. in the normal patrol areaC. near the Somali coastD. in the south of Africa2. According to the text, which can best describe the situation of the pirate problems?A. More goods on board are lost.B. Pirate attacks happen in a larger area now.C. The number of attacks has stayed the same these years.D. Pirate attacks are as serious as before along the Somali coast.3. Which is TRUE about the warship patrols according to the text?A. The patrols are of little effect.B. The patrols are more difficult.C. More patrols are quite necessary even in Asia.D. The patrols only drive the pirates to other areas.4. How many sailors were held by the pirates up to the time of the report?A. 228.B. 77.C. 383.D. 305.第一篇：本篇文章为记叙文。

高中英语阅读理解试题及答案

高中英语阅读理解试题及答案高中英语阅读理解试题及答案（通用13篇）高考英语阅读考察的是大家对文章的理解与信息的提取能力，为了帮助大家，店铺分享了一些高中英语阅读理解试题及答案，希望能对大家有所帮助!高中英语阅读理解试题及答案篇1Artificial(假的) flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative purposes. They are made from a variety of materials, such as wax and glass, so skillfully that they can scarcely be distinguished from natural flowers. In making such models, painstaking and artistry are called for, as well as thorough knowledge of plant structure. The collection of glass flowers in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University is the most famous in North America and is widely known throughout the scientific world. In all, there are several thousand models in colored glass, the work of two artist-naturalists, Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph?The intention was to have the collection represent at least one member of each flower family native to the United States. Although it was never completed. It contains more than seven hundred species representing 164 families of flowering plants, a group of fruits showing the effect of fungus diseases, and thousands of flower parts and magnified details. Every detail of these is accurately reproduced in color and structure. The models are kept in locked cases as they are too valuable and fragile for classroom use?51. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. An Extensive Collection of Glass Flowers ?B. The Lives of Leopold and Rudolph?C. Flowers Native to the United States?D. Material Used for Artificial Flowers?52. It can be inferred from the passage that the goal of Leopold and Rudolph was to ______________?A. create a botanical garden where only exotic flowers grew?B. do a thorough study of plant structure?C. make a copy of one member of each United States flower family?D. show that glass are more realistic than wax flowers?53.The underlined word “it” refers to ______________?A. the intentionB. the collectionC. one memberD. each flower family?54. Which of the following is NOT included in the display at the Botanical Museum of Harvard University?A. Models of 164 families of flowering plants？B. Magnified details of flower parts？C. Several species of native birds？D. A group of diseased fruits？55. Which of the following statements is true of the flowers at Harvard University?A. They form a completed collection？B. They have a marvelous fragrance？C. They are loaned to schools for classroom use？D. They use authentic representations.【答案与解析】 51—55 ACBCD51.A.细节理解题。

高三英语阅读理解专项训练100(附答案)含解析

高三英语阅读理解专项训练100(附答案)含解析一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解When you go to the doctor, you like to come away with a prescription．It makes you feel better to know you will get some medicine. But the doctor knows that medicine is not always needed. Sometimes all a sick person needs is some reassurance that all will be well. In such cases the doctor may prescribe a placebo.A placebo is a sugar pill, a harmless shot, or ail empty capsule. Even though they have no medicine in them, these things seem to make people well. The patient thinks it is medicine and begins to get better. How does this happen?The study of the placebo opens up new knowledge about the way the human body can heal itself. It is as if there was a doctor in each of us. The doctor will heal the body for us if we let it. But it is not yet known just how the placebo works to heal the body. Some people say it works because the human mind fools itself. These people say that if the mind is fooled into thinking it got medicine, then it will act as if it did, and the body will feel better.Placebos do not always work. The success of this treatment seems to rest a lot with the relationship between the patient and the doctor. If the patient has a lot of trust in the doctor and if the doctor really wants to help the patient, then the placebo is more likely to work. So in a way, the doctor is the most powerful placebo of all.A placebo can also have bad effects. If patients expect a bad reaction to medicine, then they will also show a bad reaction to the placebo. This would seem to show that a lot of how you react to medicine is in your mind rather than in your body. Some doctors still think that if the placebo can have bad effects it should never be used. They think there is still not enough known about it. The strange power of the placebo does seem to suggest that the human mind is stronger than we think it is. There are people who say you can heal your body by using your mind. And the interesting thing is that even people who swear this is not possible have been healed by a placebo．（1）What do we know about placebo according to the passage?A. It contains some sort of medicine.B. It won't function if you are negative about medicine.C. People who don't believe placebo can't be healed by it.D. Patients and doctors know clearly how it helps to heal the body.（2）Why is the doctor sometimes the most powerful placebo?A. The patient needs help badly．B. The patient believes in the doctor．C. The doctor knows better about your body．D. The doctor has carefully studied medicine．（3）What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?A. The placebo.B. The bad effect.C. The body.D. The medicine.（4）What is the passage mainly about?A. Placebo：Work on Your MindB. Placebo：The Most Powerful MedicineC. Placebo：The Best DoctorD. Placebo：Heal Your Body【答案】（1）A（2）B（3）B（4）A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，有时候病人的病并不是需要真正的药物来医治，而是需要医生开一些安慰的药剂，安慰病人的心理使病人的情绪得到舒缓，从而有利于病情的痊愈。

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英语阅读理解练习题及答案含解析一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解They say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Well, there is one lady who believes that it's actually chocolate. At 102 years of age, she's living proof.According to Boonville, Indiana's Eunice Modlin, a daily dose of chocolate has been the key to a long and healthy life. Specifically, two pieces of dark chocolate. It's not just Eunice who believes this.Many scientists have attributed the sweet to health benefits such as lower chances of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.However, researchers believe that Eunice might be overlooking the fact that she has never smoked or drunk alcohol in her long life, and that chocolate might not be the significant cause of her longevity."There are so many other factors to her long life and chocolate isn't the only one," nutritionist Vanessa Rissetto said. "Genes, her diet in general…are probably the main reasons."At any rate, Eunice is still alive and kicking. With four children, seven grandkids, 14 great-grandkids and 11 great-great grandkids, this lady has a big family.It must be noted that Eunice was also very athletic, being an archer in her 20s .Amazingly, she has lived through tough times such as the Great Depression and World War II .Also, the healthy blood runs through the veins of other family members. Eunice's brother is also still alive, at 101 years of age.No matter what you might think, Eunice's consumption of chocolate can't be ignored. In 2015, a BMJ study showed that a daily treat of one small bar would give the consumer 23% less chance of having a stroke (中风).What is in the sweet that makes it so beneficial? Apparently, cocoa beans have flavonoids, plant nutrients that have useful antioxidants (抗氧化剂)."Not all chocolate is created equal," Rissetto warns. "Dark chocolate has more flavonoids than milk chocolate, and white chocolate—which does not actually contain chocolate—is not a good source of flavonoids."（1）According to the article, which of the following lead to Eunice Modlin's long and healthy life?a. two pieces of dark chocolateb. genesc. lifelong exercised. good diete. love of her large familyA. a, b, dB. b, c, dC. a, b, eD. a, c, d（2）Rissetto thinks that .A. chocolate is the most important thing that affects Eunice's healthB. no smoking or drinking contributes the most to Eunice's longevityC. chocolate really has nothing to do with her long and healthy lifeD. Eunice's good dietdoesn't only mean taking chocolate every day（3）What the author presented in the passage sounds .A. persuasiveB. objectiveC. subjectiveD. critical（4）From the whole passage we can conclude that______________.A. there's universal proof for what contributes to a long lifeB. it is generally accepted that chocolate is the key to longevityC. many factors may contribute to people's good healthD. a bit of any chocolate a day keeps the doctor away【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）B（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，美国印第安纳女性Eunice Modlin现在已经102岁的了，她认为自己长寿的秘密是每天吃巧克力，并分析了她长寿的原因以及巧克力对健康产生影响的原因。

高三英语高考练习阅读理解之社会生活类(一)通用

现吨市安达阳光实验学校Passage 1The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success. Instead, it’s purposeful practice. Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. It you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you’d take a girl who possessed a slightly above average language ability. It wouldn’t have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared some similar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same family background, or shared the same birthday.This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self. It would hive her some idea of a fascinating circle who might someday join. It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fuelling a desperate need for success. Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and life stories of writers without end. This would give her a primary knowledge of her field. She’s be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings.Then she would practise writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking and error-focused. By practising in this way, he delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious. Automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance form the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to take on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems-how do I get characters into a room-dozens and dozens of times. She is establishing habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems.The primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. It’s the ability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine; the latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is affected by genetics and what we’re “hard-wired” to do. And it’s true that genes play a role in our capabilities. But the brain is also very plastic. We construct ourselves through behaviour.76. The passage mainly deals with_____.A. the function of I.Q. in cultivating a writerB. the relationship between genius and successC. the decisive factor in making a geniusD. the way of gaining some sense of distinction77. By reading novels and writers’ stories, the girlcould _____.A. come to understand the inner structure of writingB. join a fascinating circle of writers somedayC. share with a novelist her likes and dislikesD. learn from the living examples to establish a sense of security78. In the girl’s lon g painstaking training process,________.A. her adviser forms a primary challenging force to her success.B. her writing turns into an automatic pattern of performanceC. she acquires the magic of some great achievementD. she comes to realize she is “hard-wired” to write79. What can be concluded from the passage?A. A fuelling ambition plays a leading role in one’s successB. A responsible adviser is more important than the knowledge of writing.C. As to the growth of a genius, I.Q. Doesn’t matter, but just his|her effort.D. What really matters is what you do rather than who you are.答案 76.C 77.A 78.B 79.DPassage 2Remembering names is an important social skill. Here are some ways to master it.Recite and repeat in conversation.When you hear a person’s name，repeat it. Immediately say it to yourself several times without moving your lips. You could also repeat the name in a way that does not sound forced or artificial.Ask the other person to recite and repeat.You can let other people help you remember their names. After you’ve been introduced to someone，ask that person to spell the name mad pronounce it correctly for you. Most people will be pleased by the effort you’re making to learn their names.Admit you don’t know.Admitting that you can’t remember someone’s name can actually make people relaxed. Most of them will feel sympathy if you say. “I’m working to remember names better. Yours is right on the tip of my tongue. What is it again?”Use associations.Link each person yon meet with one thing you find interesting or unusual. For example，you could make a mental note: "Vicki Cheng -- tall, black hair. " To reinforce you’re your associations, write them on a small card as soon as possible.Limit the number of new names you learn at one time.When meeting a group of people, concentrate on remembering justtwo or three names. Free yourself from remembering every one. Few of the people in mass introductions expect you to remember their names. Another way is to limit yourself to learning just first names. Last names can come later.Go early.Consider going early to conferences, parties and classes. Sometimes just a few people show up on time. That's fewer names for you to remember. And as more people arrive, you can hear them being introduced to others-an automatic review for you.56. How will most people feel when you try hard to remember their names?A. They will be moved.B. They will be annoyed.C. They will be delighted.D. They will be discouraged.57. If you can't remember someone's name, you may __A. tell him the truthB. tell him a white lieC. ask him for pityD. ask others to help you58. When you meet a group of people, it is better to remember __A. all their namesB. a couple of names firstC. just their last namesD. as many names as possible59. What does the text mainly tell us?A. Tips on an important social skill.B. Importance of attending parties.C. How to make use of associations.D. How to recite and repeat names.答案 56.C 57.A 58.B 59.APassage 3When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance ,the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list . Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important. Too often it is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education priority （优先）。

高三英语阅读理解试题(有答案和解析)及解析

高三英语阅读理解试题(有答案和解析)及解析一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解Sometimes we start a day with the previous day still in mind. We think about the mistakes we made in the previous day, how things went wrong, and how we felt bad about it. No wonder it becomes difficult to focus on the current day.Here are some steps on how to start your new day fresh:⒈Take time to evaluate your dayAt the end of a day, take some time to think about it. The purpose of this thinking time is not to regret how bad your day was, how things went wrong, or how people treated you badly. This won't do you any good. Instead, the purpose of this thinking time is to extract（吸取）lessons which you can bring to the following day.⒉Make a commitment to apply the lessonsAfter you extract the lessons, you should make a commitment to apply them. To do so, find some actionable things you can do to apply the lessons. Next, remind yourself to do them. You may write them down if you want to.⒊“Close” your dayAfter you have spent the time to think about the day and extract the lessons, make a decision to “close” the day. You are done with it; don't think about it anymore.⒋Bring only the lessons to the next day and nothing elseAfter you “dose” a day, you should not bring anything ou t of it to the next day except for the lessons you extract. Focus on applying the lessons to the present. This way you will be able to start your day fresh without the burden of yesterday.（1）What will happen if we think too much about the past?A. There will be a disaster.B. There will be good results.C. We won't have a peaceful mind.D. We surely won't finish today's task.（2）When should we draw lessons from the past mistakes?A. At the end of a day.B. When we make mistakes.C. At the beginning of a day.D. When we regret making the mistakes.（3）Why should we extract lessons from the past day?A. To set them down.B. To consider them again.C. To make a better decision.D. To apply them for future use.【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）D【解析】【分析】本文为应用文。

高三英语阅读理解精选5

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From the passage, we can see that the story might be told by ___.A. a pretty young ladyB. a man who was mending a street lampC. a warm-hearted man who offered helpD. a man who is not mentioned in the story3. What kind of expression was on the lady’s face after th e man who offered help left?A. Anger.B. Thankfulness.C. Pleasure.D. Sadness.4. From the passage, we can infer that ___.A. only when the young lady arrived in the busy street did she find the tyre flatB. the young lady knew what had happened to the tyre even before she went to the busystreetC. the young lady didn’t know the tyre was flat until her children told herD. if the young lady had heard the man who was mending the street lamp, she wouldhave the car repaired before she went to the busy street5. Which of the following is true according to the story?A. The young lady and her children were going to a garage to have the car repaired.B. The young lady and her children were going to take a trip when she found the tyre flat.C. The young lady herself could not repair the tyre of the car at home.D. The young lady drove the car with a tyre flat into the busy street on purpose.She wanted to have it repaired there.Passage2One day when the famous American scientist Addison was on his way home, a young man stopped him and required to have a word with him. Addison accepted his request.The young man asked, “How, Mr. Addison, can you invent so many things and achieve your fame?”The scientist said, “It seems that you have been thinking of becoming famous every day.”The young man nodded, “Yes. I have been dreaming of being a person as notable as you. Every minute I am thinking of how to become reputable. I don't know when I can achieve my fame.”Addison told him, “Don’t worry, young man. If you want to be a famous man this way, you will have to wait until you die!”“Why should I?” the young man was puzzled.Addison said, “What you dream is actually a high building. You never think of how to build it with bricks. Thus the building will never come into reality. However, your story can serve as a mirror. People will remember you because of your illness and laziness. They will often speak of your name while they give warnings to their children. Aren’t you a notorious pe rson by then?”1. What happened to Addison when he was on his way home?A. A beggar stopped himB. A robber stopped himC. A man wanted to speak to himD. A man wanted to have words with him2. The man asked Addison to tell him ___.A. how to invent new thingsB. how to become famousC. how he became a noblemanD. how to become a scientist3. After hearing his talk, the young man was puzzled because Addison told him ___.A. he would die after he was famousB. he would be famous before he diedC. he would die before he was famousD. he would never be famous4. The man didn’t achieve his fame because ___.A. his wish was too highB. he was short of hardworking spiritC. he didn’t learn from othersD. he was too stupid5. The story mainly tells us ___.A. a person needs high spiritB. one shouldn’t dream of becoming famousC. only by hard work can one’s wish come into realityD. one person shouldn’t be idle and lazy6. The man and Mr. Addison had a talk ___.A. in the classroomB. in the labC. in the streetD. at homePassage 3 An artist has a small daughter. Sometimes he painted women without any clothes on, and he and his wife always tried to keep the small girl out when he was doing this, “She is too young to understand,” they said.But one day, when the artist was painting a woman with no clothes on, he forgot to lock the door, and the little girl suddenly ran into the room. Her mother ran up the stairs after her, but when she got to the top, the little girl was already in the room and looking at the woman. Both her parents waited for her to speak.For a few seconds the little girl said nothing, but then she ran to her mother and said angrily, “Why do you let her go about without shoes and socks on when you don’t let me?1. An artist is a person ___.A. who paints picturesB. who paints women with no clothes onC. who paints wallsD. who paints buildings2. The parents always kept the little girl out when the father was painting women without any clothes on, because ___.A. the girl wasn’t old enough to understand what her father was doingB. the girl would follow the women’s exampleC. the girl was too young to learn to paintD. the parents didn’t want her to be interested in painting3. From the passage we can conclude that the parents didn't allow the girl to ___.A. go around bare footB. enter the room suddenlyC. disturb her father’s workD. see any of her father’s work4. As a matter of fact, ___.A. the girl didn’t notice the woman in the picture didn’t wear clothesB. the girl knew a lot about artC. the girl didn’t want to understand artD. the girl enjoyed going around with her shoes and socks on5. What the girl said made her parents ___.A. worriedB. uneasyC. relievedD. interestedPassage 4Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history had thought about the problem. One of them, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo Da Vinci. In the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that would fly, But they were never built.Throughout history, other less famous men had wanted to fly, an example was a man in England 800 years ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into air from a tall building. He did not fly very far. Instead, he fell to the ground and broke every bone in his body.The first real steps took place in France, in 1783. Two brothers, the Montgolfiers, made a very large “hot air ballon”. They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon with it? The ballon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year, the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the animals landed safely. Two months later, two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled about eight kilometers.1. Leonardo Da Vinci ______.A. said that man would in the sky one dayB. built a kind of machine which never flewC. drew many beautiful pictures of birds.D. made designs for flying machines.2. Eight hundred years ago an Englishman _____.A. made a kind of flying machineB. tried to fly with wings made of chicken featherC. wanted to build a kind of balloonD. tried to fly on a large bird3. In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly ______.A. lost his lifeB. flew only 8 minutesC. got badly woundedD. succeeded in flying4. The very first air passengers in the balloon were ______.A. the King and the QueenB. two FrenchmenC. two animalsD. the Montgolfiers5. When did two Frenchmen rise above Paris?A. In December 1783.B. In September 1783C. In November 1783.D. In the seventeenth century.Passage 5 Australia is nearly as large as the United States, but most of it is too dry to live in. Around the edge(边缘) of this huge dry part are large sheep and cattle farms. A few of them are as large as the smallest states in America. Often the nearest neighbors are many hundred miles away.The two-way radio is very important to people who live on these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone. A person can listen to someone else talk and give an answer.When these radios first came into use, the Australian government set up a special(专门的，特别的) two-way radio programme(节目). Then, people on the large farms could talk to a doctor hundreds of miles away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was sick, and the doctor could let them know how to care for the sick person.Since the large farms were so far from towns, the children could not to go to school. Radio schools were set up for them in some places. At a certain time each day, the boys and girls turn on their radios and listen to teachers in cities miles away.Families on the large farms wanted to give news to their neighbors. “Round robin(知更鸟)” talks by radio were started to keep families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was getting married or who was sick or who was going away. The men could talk about their sheep and cattle and how much money the markets would pay for them. In many ways the radio became a newspaper for the farm people of Australia.1. This passage tells us something about ___.A. how the radio is used in AustraliaB. why the radio is important in AustraliaC. how large Australia isD. both A and B2. Australia is ___ America.A. almost the same size asB. larger thanC. just as large asD. as large as the smallest state in America3. How many examples were given by the writer to show the use of radio on the great farms?A. Three.B. Only one.C. TwoD. Four4. Families on the large farms kept in touch with each other by ___.A. a birdB. radioC. a newspaperD. telephone5. The two-way radio is something like a telephone because ___.A. you can talk and listen to somebody by radio at the same timeB. people could talk to a doctor hundreds of miles awayC. the radio has two telephonesD. the government has set up a special two-way radio programmePassage6 Bali is a tiny island that today is part of Indonesia. It is a pretty island that has many mountains and a pleasant climate. For a long time, Bali was cut off from much of the world.The people of Bali were happy and gay and had a peaceful life. They were not allowed to fight. At one time there had been terrible wars on Bali. Then the people decided it was wrong to fight or have wars. They made rules to keep apart those people who wanted to fight.Bali was divided into seven small kingdoms. The land around each kingdom was kept empty, and no one lived there. Since the kingdoms did not share the same borders, the people could not fight about them.On Bali, even children were not allowed to fight. If two children started a fight over a toy, someone separated them. When two boys argued, they would agree not to speak to each other. Sometimes they did not talk together for months. This gave the boys a chance to forget their anger.Families who were angry with each other also promised not to speak. Their promise was written down, and the whole village knew about it. If they broke their promise, they had to offer gifts to their gods.1. Bali is an island belonging to ___.A. IndiaB. AfricaC. AsiaD. America2. The people of Bali have been ___.A. living a happy and peaceful lifeB. fighting for a long timeC. cut off from much of the worldD. quarrelling about their borders3. How did the people of Bali prevent fighting from breaking out?A. They shared the same borders.B. The island was divided into seven kingdoms.C. They made rules to punish those who wanted to fight.D. Land was kept empty around each kingdom and no one lived there.4. When children started a fight they ___.A. decided not to speak to each otherB. gave each other a chance to forget their angerC. would never talk to each otherD. were separated from each other5. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?A. Bali is a beautiful island with many mountains and nice weather.B. People had to offer gifts to the villagers if they broke their promise.C. At one time there were terrible wars on the island.D. You’ll hardly see children fighting on the island.Passage 7 In some faraway Turkish village of Kuskoy, whistling is as important as talking. In fact, whistling is talking because the villagers speak and sing by whistling. Kuskoy parents begin to teach their boys and girls the language of whistling about the time the children learn to talk. It is considered so important that the village school includes it as one of the subjects taught along with the Turkish language.This art of communication has taken centuries to develop. The village of Kuskoy spreads out across two hillsides that are separated by a deep valley. The villagers had to find aneasy way to communicate where their voices couldn’t carry. They developed a high-pitched (高音的) whistle language that could be transmitted as far as five miles through air. As a result, Kuskoy, which means “bird village” in Turkish, has come to be known as a whistler’s paradise (乐园).Whistling is so much part of everyday life in Kuskoy that men and women speak, argue (辩论), and court (求爱) in whistles. The story was recently told of a young couple who eloped (私奔). The news was sent over the “mountain telephone” by whistling. The lover’s adventure (冒险经历) was quickly known to all the villagers.It is little wonder, then, that the children of Kuskoy study whistling in school. Wouldn’t it be fun to start the school day with a song—whistled of course!1. In the story, Kuskoy is the name of ___.A. a manB. a countryC. a townD. a village2. The children of Kuskoy learn to whistle because ___.A. it is funB. it is an important way to communicateC. it helps them learn to singD. it is like the Turkish language3. In Kuskoy, whistling as a way of talking started ___.A. recentlyB. hundreds of years agoC. fifty years agoD. ten years ago4. The high-pitched whistle can heard at a distance of ___.A. 10kmB. 5kmC. 15kmD. 8km5. Which of the following do you think is the best title for this story?A. To Learn Whistle Is Very ImportantB. Whistling Is FunC. Whistling—The Mountain TelephoneD. The Strange Turkish Language Passage8To find out how the name Canada came about, we must go back to the 16th century. At that time, the French dreamed of (梦想) discovering and controlling more land across the world. In 1535 FrançoisⅠ, King of France, ordered a navigator (航海家) named Jacques Cartier to explore (探险) the New World and search for a passage to India.Cartier first arrived at the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, which he wanted to explore. He did not know what to expect but he hoped that this Gulf was just an arm of the ocean between two islands. If it was, he would soon be on his way to the Far East. So he sailed upwards along the St. Lawrence River. However, instead of reaching Asia he arrived at Quebec or Stadacona, as the Indians called it. It was at this point that the term (词) “Canada” entered the country’s history. Apparently (明显地) the word “Canada” came from an Indian word “Kanada”, which means village. Cartier first used it when he referred to Stadacona or Quebec. What a huge “village” Canada is!1. What was Cartier ordered to do? ___.A. To build a new countryB. To find the New WorldC. To get in touch with American IndiansD. To know more about America and find a new way to Asia2. When Cartier reached the Gulf of St. Lawrence he hoped ___.A. he had got to the Far EastB. it was a water way to the New WorldC. it was a water way to the EastD. he had sailed into the Pacific3. In the 16th century, Quebec was ___.A. an Indian villageB. a city in CanadaC. the place which we call Canada todayD. a village facing the Gulf of the St. Lawrence4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Quebec and Stadacona were two islands.B. The Indian language for village is Stadacona.C. Quebec and Stadacona were two villages in Canada.D. Stadacona was what the Indians called Quebec.5.Canada was first used to refer to ___.A. AsiaB. the New worldC. a huge villageD. QuebecPassage9No other capital in Europe has more charm (迷人) or a richer past than Vienna, the capital of Austria. Green woods, mountains, and the large Danube River give the city beautiful surroundings.Vienna has more than 1,600,000 people. Almost one-fourth of all the people of Austria live there. Vienna is s ometimes called “a city without a country”. It is so big that it does not seem to be suitable (适合的) in so small a country as Austria.Vienna was a center of science and art and music, too. Many great musicians lived there. It had the name of being a city of spirits, partly because of the dance music and operettas (轻歌剧) written by Viennese musicians.After World War Ⅰ Vienna found itself the capital of a rather poor country of less than 7,000,000 people. World War Ⅱ made Vienna even worse than it was before. Since 1955, however, Vienna has been fast regaining its past greatness.1. Vienna is a city which is ___.A. the most beautiful city in EuropeB. so big that it doesn’t belong to AustriaC. the richest capital in Europe nowD. a small capital of a large country2. According to the passage, Vienna was once a center of ___.A. trafficB. trade and scienceC. art and musicD. B and C3. Vienna was a rich city ___.A. before 1955B. before World War IC. after World WarD. during World War4. Which of the following is true?A. To understand Vienna, one must know its trade.B. After World War, about 7,000,000 people lived in Vienna.C. Green woods, mountains and a large river surround Vienna and make it a beautiful city.D. Vienna musicians did little to make Vienna a city of spirits.5. Which is not mentioned in this article?A. The history of Austria.B. The position of Austria.C. People in Vienna become rich again.D. The population of Austria.Passage 10 Co-operation means working together for the benefit of all. Without co-operation modern society could not exist. Co-operation has at its best among the farmers in the dry areas of certain parts of Australia and Africa. The fields have been irrigated in these areas. Crops cannot be grown without water. For this purpose, canals and reservoirs have been built. The canals have been cut through the fields of not only one farmer. Those who live higher up the valley than the others have permitted canals to be built through their land in order to carry water to the fields of farmers lower down. When there is a long period without rain, all share the water. Instead of taking all the water for themselves, the farmers in the higher land leave enough water for their neighbours down the valley. Farming in the dry areas has been made possible by such co-operation. By co-operation farmers have learned to make even the desert produce crops.1. Co-operation means ___.A. working for othersB. working for oneselfC. working together for the interests of allD. working together for the benefit of the whole world2. A reservoir is used ___.A. to keep the fields wetB. to store waterC. to join canalsD. to prevent farmers from getting water3. In dry weather the farmers who live higher up the valley ___.A. share the water with their neighboursB. keep all the water for themselvesC. build canals across the fields of other farmersD. work hard to store water4. Crops can be produced in desert only because ___.A. there is a lot of rainB. there is one reservoirC. the people work together for the benefit of allD. many wells have been found5. Farmers have dug the canals through ___.A. the fields of many farmersB. the fields of only one farmerC. the whole desertD. many valleysPassage11 Smoking is very prevalent(普遍的) in the West, both by men and by women. But there are still people who do not smoke and who dislike the smoke of others. Be careful not to smoke in such a way or in such a position that your smoke blows into others’ faces. If you are a guest in a home where no others are smoking, it is better to refrain from smoking. If you think they would not mind your smoking, you may say, “Would you mind if I smoked?” and await their assurance (承诺) before lighting up. There are many places where people do not or should not smoke: public meetings, movies and plays, stores, ball-rooms, trains (except in the smoking car), buses (except in the back seats), at the dinner table (except when invited by the hostess near the end of the meal to do so). Many people feel that ladies should not smoke on the street.Be a clean smoker—Use an ash receiver and put out the cigarette completely when you are finished. Be very careful where you put down your lighted cigarette; it is thoughtless and inconsiderate to allow your cigarette to burn the furniture or table covers.1. What does the sentence “…it is better to refrain from smoking” mean?A. You’d better smoke outside the guest’s home.B. It’s better to hold yourself back from smoking.C. You’d better ask the other guests t o smoke together with you.D. You should break away from the bad habit of smoking.2. If you are in another person’s home and want to smoke, what should you do?A. You had better give the host (男主人) a cigarette.B. You should ask the host or hostess if they mind your smoking.C. You shouldn’t light up until you get their promise.D. Both B and C.3. People shouldn’t smoke unless ___.A. they are having public meetingsB. in buses or ball-roomsC. invited by the hostess near the end of the meal to do soD. they walk on the street4. What does the writer suggest people do when they finish smoking?A. Throw the cigarette end (烟头) on the floor.B. Try to blow off the ash.C. Keep the cigarette end burning.D. Use an ash receiver and put out the cigarette completely.5. According to the passage, which of the following is not mentioned?A. Smoking is very common.B. When you smoke, be careful not to blow smoke into others’ faces.C. People don't think it good manners for women to smoke on the street.D. Smoking does harm to your health.Passage12If you can speak English, you know a lot of English words. You can read, speak and understand English. But there is another kind of language you need to know—the language of the body, a part of what is called non-verbal communication.All over the world, people “talk” with their hands and with their eyes. When Japanese people meet, they bow. When Indians meet, they put their hands together. What do American and British people do?Americans are more informal than the British. They like to be friendly. They use first names, they ask questions and they talk easily about themselves. When they sit down, they like to relax in their chairs and make themselves comfortable.British people are more reserved (保守的). They take more time to make friends. They like to know you before they ask you home.When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands. They do not usually shake hands with people they know well. Women sometimes kiss their women friends, and men kiss women friends (on one cheek only). When a man meets a man friend, he just smiles, and says “Hello”. Men do not kiss each other, or hold hands. Even fathers and sons do not often kiss each other.1. In the first paragraph, the writer thinks that body language is ___.A. uselessB. difficultC. quite easyD. important2. Which of the following is right?A. Different countries have the same body language.B. Different countries have different body language.C. People in Asia share the same body language.D. Many people only use their body language.3. If an American friend visits you, he probably ___.A. sits straightB. never sits downC. makes fun of youD. sits freely4. It takes ___ time for you to make friends with British people.A. noB. littleC. lessD. more5. Generally speaking ___ kiss more often.A. menB. womenC. British peopleD. AmericansPassage13There are many stereotypes (定型) about the character of people in various parts of the United States. In the Northeast and Midwest, people are said to be closed and private (私有的，秘密的). In the South and West, however, they are often thought of as being more open and hospitable (好客). Ask someone from St. Louis where the nearest sandwich shop is, and he or she will politely give you directions. A New Yorker might eye you at first and after deciding it is safe to talk to you, might give you a rather unexpected explanation. A person from Georgia might be very kind about directing you and even suggest some different places to eat. A Texan just might take you to the place and treat you to lunch.American stereotypes are abundant. New Englanders are often thought of as being friendly and helpful. Southerners are known for their hospitality and warmth. People from the western part of the United States are often considered very outgoing. These differences in character can be traced to different factors such as climate, living conditions, and historical development.When traveling from place to place, Americans themselves are often surprised at the differing degrees of friendliness in the United States.1. The main idea of the passage is ___.A. even Americans are surprised at the big differences among themselvesB. there are many differences in character in different parts of the USAC. there are many reasons for the differencesD. stereotypes about people are not necessarily true2. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. New Yorkers are usually open with strangers.B. People from the South are usually considered good hosts.C. The friendliest Americans travel from place to place.D. Different parts have different customs and habits.3. The differences lies in the following expect ___ of the parts.A. the weatherB. the historyC. geographyD. the names4. The word “abundant” in the second paragraph may probably mean “___”.A. plentifulB. normalC. curiousD. strangePassage 1CDCBD Passage 2CBCBCC Passage3 AAACCPassage 4 DBACC Passage5 DAABA Passage6 CADDBPassage7 DBBDC Passage8 DCADD Passage9 ADBCBPassage10 CBACA Passage 11 BDCDD Passage12DBDDBPassage13 BBDA。

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高考英语阅读理解20Ⅰ.阅读理解Much of the island，Borneo，is the tropical rainforest.It’s the world’s third largest island.I once lived on Borneo for a while with my family and it was joyful to see many wild animals visit my backyard.Actually，I should say that it was I who was the visitor. During the first week，I found a clutch of eggs under our bamboo trees.I was told they were the eggs of a black spitting cobra(射毒眼镜蛇)．The snake is common in the area.Poison from its bite can kill a person in one to six hours.My husband and I and our three children thought of many ways to be on the lookout，especially when we stepped into the yard.We even made up a song，which went：Cobra，cobra，are you there? Please don’t fall onto my hair.One afternoon，we saw the cobra the first time.Our friends and our family had just finished our lunch，and a few of us were chatting when one of the guests saw the cobra.She was on a branch of a palm tree，less than ten feet from where we were chatting.Everyone came out to see her，and chairs were arranged as if for a concert.The cobra lay still.Only through a pair of binoculars(双筒望远镜) could we see her breathing.She seemed to enjoy all the attention.We were surprised by her beauty.Later，I realized that a cobra would naturally stay near the palm tree.Its coconuts(椰子) are a rich source of food for mice and squirrels，and therefore the tree was a great place for a cobra.【语篇解读】本文是记叙文。

高考英语阅读理解(科普环保)专项练习含解析

高考英语阅读理解（科普环保）专项练习含解析一、高中英语阅读理解科普环保类1.薜薜阅读理解"Acting is the least mysterious of all crafts," Marion Brando once said. But for scientists, working out what is going on in an actor's head has always been something of a puzzle.Now, researchers have said actors show different patterns of brain activity depending on whether they are in character or not.Dr Steven Brown, from McMaster University in Canada, said, "It looks like when you are acting, you are suppressing （压制）yourself; almost like the character is possessing you."Brown and colleagues report how 15 actors, mainly theatre students, were trained to take on a Shakespeare role ——either Romeo or Juliet ——in a theatre workshop. They were then invited into the laboratory, where their brains were scanned in a series of experiments.Once inside the MRI scanner, the actors were asked to answer a number of questions, such as: would they go to the party? And would they tell their parents that they had fallen in love?Each actor was asked to respond to different questions, based on two different premises （前提）. In one, they were asked for their own perspective, while in the other, they were asked to respond as though they were either Romeo or Juliet.The results revealed that the brain activity differed depending on the situation being tested. The team found that when the actors were in character, they use some third-person knowledge or inferences about their character.The team said they also found additional reduction in activity in two regions of the prefrontal cortex （前额皮质）linked to the sense of self, compared with when the actors were responding as themselves.However, Philip Davis, a professor at the University of Liverpool, was unimpressed by the research, saying acting is about far more than "pretending" to be someone — it involves embodying （体现）the text and language.（1）How did Dr Brown's team conduct their research?A.By scanning the brain activity of some actors.B.By doing a survey with some theatre goers.C. By interviewing some theatre teachers.D. By consulting some experienced researchers.（2）What is the finding of Dr Brown's research?A.Acting is not as mysterious as people think.B.Actors' brain activity differs when they are acting.C.Acting is far more than pretending to be the character.D.Actors' brain activity is more active when they are in character.（3）How did Philip Davis react to the research?A. He supported it.B. He doubted it.C. He explained it.D. He advocated it.（4）What is the text mainly about?A. A debate of how the brain functions.B. A play written by Shakespeare.C. A research on the brain activity of actors.D. A report of the cooperation of scientists and actors.【答案】（ 1 ） A（ 2） B（ 3） B（ 4） C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一项对于演员大脑活动的研究。

高三英语时文阅读(五)通用

位敦市安定阳光实验学校中学高三时文阅读（五）1WALK through a mall on a weekend and you get the impression teenagers save money to buy clothes, iPods, or video game systems, but a new survey shows their priority (优先考虑) is quite different – saving for college.The survey by online brokerage (经纪公司) TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. suggests putting money away for higher education is the top savings goal for today's teens. The results showed 62 percent of teens aged 14 through 19 save their money for college, a much higher rate than the 40 percent of adults who said they saved when they were teens.Educators didn't expect the results. They are pushing for financial (理财的) literacy (素养) education in schools.“It's a pleasant surprise that we're seeing young people paying that m uch attention to the importance of this issue,” said Joseph Peri, CEO of the nonprofit Council for Economic Education. “Part of teaching the importance of investing is showing that the best investment a young person can make is an investment in themselves.”The survey suggests teens save more of their money than their elders did when they were young. About 87 percent of teens say they save.The results also suggest 78 percent of teens said they want a plan that involves splitting the cost of education with their parents. The willingness of teens to share the price of their education suggests that they are aware of rising college costs, Young said.More than 80 percent of teens reported that they consider education to be important to future success, compared with 56 percent of adults surveyed who say they felt that way as teens.“We've become more conscious (知晓的) of the opportunities that are out there for us and the competition that's out there,” said Megan Partridge, 17, a student at Voorhees High School in Glen Gardner, New Jersey.1. According to the new survey, American teens are saving money primarily for ______.A. clothesB. iPodC. video game systemsD. higher education2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Unhappy with the results, educators are pushing for financial literacy education in schools.B. American teens invest more money in their careers than in other things.C. The American adults surveyed don''t seem to care about their futures when they were teens.D. More American teens save money for college education today than in the past.3. According to the survey, ______.A. 78 percent of American teens save for collegeB. 87 percent of American teens are aware of the importance of investing in their futureC. less than half of the adults surveyed thought that education was essential when they were teenD. over three fourths of American teens are willing to share their educational expenses with their family4. Megan serves as an example of teens ______.A. who are doubtful about their futureB. who attach importance to educationC. who are afraid of the competitiveness of modern AmericaD. who realize the effect the financial crisis may have on their education2We won''t let vampires dieVAMPIRES (吸血鬼), creatures of myth (传说), have been around in one form or another for centuries. There is little sign they are overstaying their welcome. Terrifying but also seductive (有诱惑力的), they are as popular in the early 21st Century as ever, as the current popularity of the Twilight series, and its hero Edward Cullen, show.Vampires first appeared in fiction in the 1700s. In 1895 Irish novelist Bram Stoker published Dracula, introducing the world''s most famous vampire. Ever since, teenagers have loved to scare each other with stories told around the campfire of beautiful, pale-skinned (苍白的) drinkers of human blood.But just what is it about these fictional creatures that continues to fascinate us? Speaking to Eric Lewis of the Times and Transcript website, academic Deborah Wells said that vampires are "culturally adaptive (有适能力的)"."We create very different vampires to fit different times. Edward Cullen is not the same as Count (伯爵) Dracula," she said.Different as they are, Wells believes vampires are "the perfect vessels (容器) into which we can pour our current cultural anxieties". Bram Stoker''s Dracula is powerful, yet old and physically ugly. Stoker''s book dealt with fear of the fall of the British Empire, real fears in the day in which it was written.According to the website Bookrags, today''s vampires possess all our cultural desires: money, power and sexual attraction. Represented by Cullen, they are aristocratic (有贵族气质的), handsome young men whom women find irresistible (难以抗拒的). What''s more, vampires challenge traditional ideas about death, science and parental authority. This may be why teenagers are drawn to vampire tales."In many ways, the vampire story shows up teenage concerns," saidWells. "The emotional intensity of the relationship with the vampire matches the intensity of how it feels to have your first real love affair. Your first real love, it really feels like life and death."5. The underlined sentence means that ______.A. vampires are no longer popularB. all types of vampire are popularC. the changes in vampires are welcomedD. vampires remain popular6. According to Deborah Wells, vampires ______.A. reflect our desire for power and fear for deathB. are different in different cultureC. show the fall of the British EmpireD. represent horror and evil7. Vampire stories appeal to teenagers because ______.A. vampires are mysterious and physically uglyB. most vampires are aristocratic and handsomeC. they show how nice our first real love affairs can beD. they represent non-traditional idea8. Deborah Wells has a ______ attitude towards the popularity of vampire stories among teenagers.A. objectiveB. puzzledC. disapprovingD. pessimistic 3Make the most of collegeDear Daughter,As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real testament (证明) of what a great well-rounded student you are. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.Your college years will be the most important of your life. It is in college that you will discover what learning is about. This will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isn''t critical for your life, the learning skills you acquire will be something you will cherish forever.Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don''t be trapped by what others think or say, but make up your own mind. Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life. Pick a few friends and become really close to them –pick the ones who are genuine (真挚的) to you. Don''t worry about their hobbies, grades, looks, or even personalities.Start planning early – what would you like to do? Where would you like to live? What would you like to learn? I think your plan to studyfashion is good, and you should decide where you want to be, and get onto the right courses.Whether it is summer-planning, or coursework planning, or picking a major, or managing your time, you should take control of your life.I will always be there for you, but the time has come for you to be in the driver''s seat –this is your life, and you need to be in control. Being in control feels great. Try it, and you''ll love it!College is the four years where you have:the greatest amount of free timethe first chance to be independentthe most flexibility (灵活性) to changethe lowest risk for making mistakeSo please treasure your college years – make the best of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny (命运), be bold to experiment, learn and grow through your successes and challenges.May your years at Columbia be the happiest of your life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be.Love,Dad (& Mom)9. According to the letter the author''s daughter is ______.A. scared to be leaving homeB. a well-rounded studentC. the pride of her universityD. learning to drive a car10. What does the author think college life holds in store for his daughter?A. Uncertainty.B. Pure enjoyment.C. Successes and challenges.D. Experimentation with life.11. What does the author advise his daughter to do in college?A. Plan everything.B. Party with friends in her free time.C. Ignore what others think or say.D. Treasure and make the best of her college years.12. Which of these pieces of advice is given in the article?a. think and live independentlyb. learn how to learnc. choose friends with similar personalitiesd. be genuine and sinceree. try new thingsA. abcB. bceC. cdeD. abe13. From the text, we can conclude the father ______.A. is worried about his daughterB. is strict with his daughterC. is optimistic about his daughter''s futureD. is sad that his daughter is leaving home4Could you eat like this?IT'S a new food trend, but if you want to give it a try, you will have to write a new shopping list. Meat, chicken, fish? Out. Milk, cheese, eggs, dairy (奶制品) of any kind? Gone.Instead, you''ll be stocking up on fresh fruits and vegetables, grains, nuts and soy products, all key to a vegan (素食) diet.“As recently as five years ago, a vegan diet was considered ra dical (极端的),” said Mary Lawrence, owner of Well On Wheels, a personal-chef service in the US. “Now, with the new emphasis (强调) on healthy lifestyles, people are more interested.”But forget the things you''ve heard about this type of cooking being tasteless. Vegan gourmet (美食) is in. Vegan cookbooks, full of delightful pictures, are sprouting (发芽) like wheatgrass.With so many celebrities, including actress Gwyneth Paltrow, singer Leona Lewis, and Twilight star Kristen Stewart, claiming to be vegetarians, the planet-based cuisines (菜肴) are the latesthigh-profile food.Donald Watson might be surprised by all the attention. It was the Englishman Watson who coined (创造) the term “vegan” in 1944. It means someone who eats no animal products at all, unlike a vegetarian, who will eat eggs and animal milk and so on. Shortly afterward, the quiet Watson founded the Vegan Society, a group of about 25 like-minded individuals.These days, about a million Americans call themselves vegans. While modern vegans share the same philosophy (观念) as Watson, their diet and message have become more mainstream (主流).According to Publishers Weekly, interest in eating locally and the availability (可得到) of ingredients have led to a rise in vegetarian cookbooks.“People think that a vegan diet is a sacrifice, that it''s tasteless and unappealing. It''s not. They think you can''t get enough protein (蛋白质), calcium (钙) or iron. You can,” said Priscilla Feral, president of Friends of Animals and author of The Best of Vegan Cooking. “It is a way of living in harmony with the planet with healthful eating and fresh, well-prepared dishes.”1. According to Mary Lawrence, people are now more interested in the vegan diet because ______.A. it is popular among celebritiesB. people are attaching more importance to healthy lifestyleC. vegan cookbooks tell how to cook delicious foodD. vegan food is less expensive than meat2. Which of the following statements about Donald Watson is FALSE?A. He was an American vegetarian.B. He created the word “vegan”.C. He founded the Vegan Society.D. He preferred not to eat animalproducts.3. What attitude does Priscilla Feral have toward the vegan diet?A. Suspicious.B. Negative.C. Indifferent.D. Supportive.4. The underlined word “in” in Paragraph 4 is similar in meaning to ______.A. successfulB. fashionableC. tastyD. healthful5Don't talk to me...RIDING a London subway, a person from China will notice one major difference: in London, people do not look at each other. In fact, eye contact is avoided at all times. That's not rudeness –people are just too busy to bother looking.Busy doing what, you ask? Well, they're certainly not using the time for a moment of quiet reflection (沉思). Nor are they reading a book. New technology has replaced quiet habits. Today the only acceptable form of book on the London Underground is an e-book.Apple must earn a fortune from London commuters (乘车上下班的人). Since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, over 40,000 –yes, that's 40,000 –“apps” (programs downloaded for the iPhone) have been designed. Commuters love them because they are the perfect time-filler. One “app”, called iShoot, is a game that features tanks. Another one, Tube Exits, tells passengers where to sit on the train to be closest to the exit of their destination (目的地). ISteam clouds the iPhone screen when you breathe into the microphone. You can then write in the “steam” on your phone screen.For those without an iPhone, another Apple product, the iPod, may be the distraction (消遣) of choice. It's not just teenagers who “plug in” to their music – iPods are a popular way to pass the time for all ages.And if games, e-books and music aren't enough to keep you occupied, then perhaps you would prefer a film? The development of palm (掌上) DVD technology means many commuters watch their favorite TV show or film on the way to work. With all this distraction, it's amazing that people still remember to get off the train.5. People in London do not make eye contact on the subway because they are busy ______.A. going to workB. reading bookC. thinking private thoughtD. playing games, reading e-books, listening to music or watching film6. Those who like war games can download ______ to their iPhones.A. iShootB. Tube ExitsC. iSteamD. iPod7. The underlined word “occupied” in the last paragraph probably means ______.A. delightedB. busyC. amusedD. controlled8. The article tells us that ______.A. London commuters are unfriendly to strangerB. Apple has earned a lot of money from selling 40,000 appsC. technology is changing how London commuters spend their traveling timeD. with all the new time-fillers, London commuters often forget to get off the train6E-books step it upBOOKLOVERS, most of them, will tell you what a pleasure it is to lend a favorite read to a friend – the novel you stayed up all night to get to the end of; the travel book that made you feel as if you yourself were on a train ride through India. For a while it seemed that e-book users were to be denied this pleasure of lending to friends. You could buy a book or magazine for your reading device (装置), but you couldn''t lend it out.But now, with the Nook, the US book chain Barnes and Noble''s response to Amazon''s Kindle, electronic readers will be able to press their latest literary enthusiasm on their friends, just like readers of physical books can. You simply email the book from your Nook and your friend can read it for two weeks, using any device with the Barnes & Noble e-book reader software. It''s a big improvement from previous e-book readers. The Nook offers other features too. You read in black and white on the main screen, just like with Kindle. The difference is that on the lower part of the device there''s a color touch screen. It allows you to flip (翻页) through a book or magazine, but goes black when you''re not using it so that you save power.Another exciting thing about the Nook is that it offers Wi-Fi (无线上服务), arguably (可论证地) a big advance on previous e-book readers. Customers in the United States can use the Internet connection to read whole e-books at Barnes and Noble''s hundreds of bookstores for free. None of Barnes and Noble''s competitors can come close to this.But the Nook, ironically (讽刺地), might just turn out to be a money-loser for Barnes and Noble, or at least a job-loser for Barnes and Noble''s employees. According to Marian Maneker at The Big Money Website, if the Nook is successful it might take sales from the company''s bookstores, eventually forcing their closure and the loss of thousands of jobs.根据要求回答下列问题。

【英语】高三英语阅读理解题20套（带答案）含解析

D.If "the Milky Way" dies, a supermassive black hole will be formed a er its death. 【答案】（1）C （2）D （3）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新闻报道，报道了科学家们已经发现了一个 “巨型黑洞”，其
质量之大，在理论上是不应该存在。但这个理论现在已经被新中国科学家发现的黑洞 LB-1 所推翻。科学家们现在正绞尽脑汁研究 LB-1 是如何变得如此巨大的，并介绍了几种可能性的理论。（1）考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“Scien sts have discovered a ‘monster black hole’ so massive that, in theory, it shouldn't exist.” 可知，科学家们已经发现了一个“巨型黑洞”，其质量之大，在理论上是不应该存在；再根据第三段“This theory has now been toppled by LB-1, the newly discovered black hole. Located about 15.000 light years away, it has a mass 70 mes greater than our sun, according to a press release from tnhes eC hAi cademy of Sciences可.” 知，但这个理论现在已经被新中国科学家发现的黑洞 LB-1 所推翻。根据中国科学院的一份新闻稿，它位于 15000 光年之外，质量是太阳的 70 倍。所以判断出作者写这篇文章的目的是与读者分享黑洞发现的新进展，故选 C。（2）考查细节理解。根据倒数第三段中的 “If this is how LB-1 formed, then we may have‘direct evidence for this process’ for the ﬁrst m可e知.” ，如果这就是 LB-1 的形成过程，那么我们可能首次有了“这一过程的直接证据”。所以 LB-1 这一发现可能会给“后援形成理论”带来一些突破。故选 D。（3）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“because 8S these stars die, they lose most of their mass through explosions that expel ma er and gas swept away by stellar w可in知ds，.” 因为这些恒星会死亡，它们大部分质量因爆炸而损失，恒星风会把爆炸释放出来的物质和气体吹走。所以如果我们星系中的太阳死亡，它的一部分质量会被恒星风吹走。故选 A。【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇新闻报道，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。

高中英语阅读写作材料

（一）Last year when Tom graduated from school, he came to Taibei. He didn't like to work on his father's farm and hoped to find a job in a big city. He went from one company to another but no one wanted him. With little money left, he got to the station, sad and tired. All he wanted to do was go back to his small town. It was very late at night and the station was full of people. They were waiting to buy tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him and asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket because he thought they needed it more than he did. After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn't know where to go. Suddenly, an old man came and said, "Young man, I have seen what you did to the woman. I am the owner of a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?"1. Tom came to the station to _______.A. find a jobB. take the train homeC. sell the ticketD. take the train to Taibei2. The woman walked to Tom because _______.A. she was Tom's old friendB. her child wanted to talk to TomC. she needed to take the trainD. she had no money to buy a ticket3. Tom didn't take the train because _______.A. he didn't take a train ticketB. he missed the trainC. he wanted to talk to the old manD. he gave his ticket to the woman4. The old man wanted to _______.A. lend Tom some moneyB. give Tom a jobC. say "Thank you " to TomD. sit on the bench with Tom5. What can we learn from this story?A. Many people find job in a train station.B. Don't buy the last ticket of the train.C. If we try our best to help others, others will help us.D. We should not give our ticket to others in a train station.WasteMankind is wasting things everywhere and every day. Wherever we go, we can see that papers bottles and cans are throw away; food is wasted just because of poor taste; clothes are discarded(丢弃) simply due to their old fashion. Not only things and money are wasted, but natural resources are abused as well. Trees are cut down merely for fuel; wild animals are killed simply for meat and fur; oil and coal are exploited(开发) in a bad way .The worse example of man’s waste is the waste of time. Many people trend to spend their time on worthless things, such as wondering about in the street, gossiping(说闲话) in the office, sleeping too much during the day. As we know, time is very precious to us since it passes by and never returns. The waste of time amounts to the waste of life .It is time to call for an end to the waste. On one hand, we must save natural resources and make full use of them; otherwise human beings will be faced with the shortage of natural resources and suffer from the pollution caused by waste. On the other hand, we must treasure our time. Only with our time devoted to the study and the work for the people will we never regret the life we have had.（二）A beautiful and very successful actress (女演员) was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in the countryside, but she did not want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the centre of the city, got some beautiful furniture and got a man to paint the rooms in new colours.It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the paint er’s bill (帐单). At the bottom of it were these words: “ Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance : 3 pounds,” with this note:“ After 5 p.m. I get 15 shillings (先令) an hour instead of 10 shillings.”1. In order to make the painter work better for her, the actr ess ___________.A. sang and danced for him for hoursB. gave him two tickets for her showC. paid him 3 poundsD. decided to pay him 15 shillings an hour2. The actress got the painter’s bill ______.A. to ask for the money of his painting work.B. in which he expressed his dissatisfactionC. in which he showed his thanks for the ticketsD. to ask her to pay for his watching her show3. It can be learned from the text that one pound is___________ shillings.A. 10B. 12C. 15D. 204. What kind of man was the painter?A. He was a careful man.B. He knew little about music and dances.C. He was not friendly to others.D. He was a poor man.Sports and GamesSports and games do a lot of good to our health. They can make us strong, prevent us from getting too fat, and keep healthy and fit. Especially they can be of great value to people who work with their brains most of the day, for sports and games give people valuable practice in exercising the body.What’s more, they make our life richer and more colourful. If we do not have a strong body, we will find it hard to do whatever we want. So persons of all ages enjoy watching and taking part in various kinds of sports-track and fields, swimming, skating, football, volleyball and basketball, etc.Sports and games are also very useful in character training. They demand not only physical skills and strength but also courage, endurance, discipline and usually teamwork. For boys and girls, what is learned in the playground often has a deep effect on their character. If each of them learns to work for his team and not for himself on the football field, he will later find it natural to work for the good of his country instead of only for his own benefit.A healthy citizen makes a strong country. Let’s all take part in sports and games.（三）My friend Robert started a new job this week and he’s been in the training class for two days. The employer has a very strict dress code—dark blue shirts and pants.On the first day, an older gentleman in his class did not have the proper clothes and he was strictly told that he would be fired if he didn’t have the right clothes the next day. He explained, “Sir, I had not been told about this. Because of my larger size, it’s sometimes difficult to find the right clothing for a price I can afford.”Last night, Robert and I decided that this old man shouldn’t lose the chance of work simply because he couldn’t afford the clothes. I had some cash on hand and Robert took it with him this morning just in case it was needed.When training started this morning, the trainer was ready to fire the older gentleman. “You have 10 minutes to be in proper clothes,” he was told. At this point, Robert spoke up and asked if he could have 10 minutes to get him the clothes. He then ran out to the store and bought the proper-sized pants and a shirt; he returned with both and gave them to the older man.The older gentleman began to cry and told him that he couldn’t accept such a gift from a stranger. Robert told him he had to because he had lost the receipt(收据) and couldn’t return them—a little white lie. The pants were a perfect fit, the shirt was a bit tight but he was able to keep his job.“My wife and I tried to gather together some money last night, but we didn’t have enough to buy the clothes,” he told Robert. “It’s unbelievable to me that anybody would do such a thing for only knowing me a day!”More unbelievable is how good it has made Robert and me feel to do this.1. If the older man did not have the proper clothes, he would _____A. be punishedB. lose his jobC. put off the training classD. be offered another job2. The money which was paid for the clothes belonged to _____A. the writerB. the older manC. the trainerD. Robert3. How did Robert persuade the older man to accept the clothes?A. He told the older man that he would lose his job if he did not take them.B. He told a lie that the clothes didn’t fit himself.C. He told the older man that he had no way to send them back.D. He told the older man that he could save money and return it later.4. What might be the best title for the passage?A. An unbelievable thingB. Fight against strict rulesC. A strange employerD. Proper clothes for a strangerSmokingIt is well known that smoking does harm to the health. Today, so many people still keep smoking, which has drawn wide attention of the society.Smoking has so many disadvantages but no advantages at all. First, the cigarettes with nicotine in them do great harm to the health. Such diseases as pneumonia, lung cancer may be caused or partly caused by them. Furthermore, the bad effects of cigarettes cost the smokers lots of money, which could be spent on other meaningful things. Thirdly, the accidents of fire all over the world every year are mostly caused by the still-burning butts (end).The government has formulated the regulation of no smoking in public places. Yet its result is not so satisfactory. From my point of view, it needs the common efforts of the society. Not only the nonsmokers but the smokers should cooperate on this matter.（四）Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history, geography, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can make a living. School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher，no matter how much he knows can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.It is always more important to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula(公式). It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in maths. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientists, such as Einstein，Newton and Galileo didn’t get everything from school. But they were all so successful. They invented so many things for mankind. The reason for their success is that they worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.Above all, they knew how to use their brains.1. The subject which is not referred to in the article is _____A. mathsB. historyC. physicsD. physiology（生理学）2. The teacher’s job is to teach ___________.A. everything the students want to knowB. the students how to learnC. the students some facts of formulasD. the students everything that they know3. Einstein,Newton and Galileo did so many things for mankind because_____.A. they learned a lot at schoolB. they were so usefulC. they knew how to learn new things outside class by themselvesD. they went to college and learned form professors4. From the passage we know that if we want to be successful, we should________ .A. Only learn more at schoolB. learn to learn at school and learn more outside schoolC. Only learn science subjectsD. needn’t go to schoo lMy Views on Large Modern CitiesSince every coin has two sides, living in large modern cities offers us many advantages, simultaneously causesmany troubles. Better education and better jobs are easy to get, and better medical care is convenient to receive in large modern cities.People are usually well informed due to the advanced media, such as television, newspaper and net PC. Large modern cities also provide varied entertainment for the city-dwellers. The public places like cinema, bar, disco-ball are everywhere.On the other hand, large modern cities are too big to control, so the traffic jams and traffic accidents often happen, and the social security is a headache problem. And city-dwellers have to face the housing problem. Usually a house is too expensive for the salary earning class to buy and the rent is also high. Moreover, noise and pollution in large cities bring harm to people’s health.（五）What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.If you arrange（排列）the 26 English letters in order and use numbers to represent each of them, f or example, 1 for a, 2 f or b, 3 for c…26 for z, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98, meaning 98 is its mark. Knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96, love:12+15+22+5=54, and luck: 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money? It can’t, either.Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude. Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most time people hope for a better life. It is possible that they will have a better life if they change their attitudes. When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive attitude towards failure, you’ll find it’s also rewarding（有益的）though it has caused you losses（损失）.1. The writer thin ks _________ is the most important thing in a person’s life.A. hard-work.B. know ledgeC. attitudeD. money2. What is the mark of the word money according to the passage?A. 72B. 73C. 75D. 623. According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way is to ___________.A. change your attitudeB. hope to be luckyC. ask for help from othersD. try math-solving ways4. From the passage we can learn that ______________.A. different attitudes come from different courses of lifeB. math can solve every problem easily in our daily lifeC. sometimes failure can bring you good if you take a positive attitudeD. none of the English words except “attitude” is 100 or moreMake friendsEveryone needs friends, and if you fail to make friends, you should examine yourself and see if there is something wrong with your personality.May be you have social faults such as snobbishness, talkativeness and using slang etc. which drive away your new acquaintances. Whatever your social faults may be, look at them honestly and make real effort to correct them.To be friendly you must feel friendly. Cheerfulness is the basis of friendliness. A cheerful person smiles. A smile is a magnet which draws people. A smile at someone and you are almost sure to get a smile in return.A friendly person does his best to make a stranger feel at home, wherever he happens to be. Put yourself in the other fellow's place and make them feel welcome.Try to remember names. It makes your new acquaintances feel happy when you call them by their names. It gives them the feeling that they have made an impression on you and that must mean something to them because youremember them.If you don't agree with other people on a certain matter, you should appear to be friendly. Don't argue, but discuss. You always lose friends if you argue too much.A friendly person thinks of others, and doesn't insist on his own "rights". People who refuse to consider others have few friends.Finally, don't treat people according to their social positions. Really friendly people respect everyone at all times.（六）There were smiling children all the way. Clearly they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved.I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen newspapers and magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my 21st Century Teens.It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight. Immediately I came alive; I decided to wave back.From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug. I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.I looked forward to the return journey, by train.1. What did the author remember most during her train trip?A. The mountains along the way.B. The friendly country people.C. The crowds of people in the streets.D. The simple lunch served on the train.2. Which of the following can best take the place of the word “relish” in the second paragraph?A. chooseB. carry onC. prepare forD. enjoy3. Where was the writer going?A. Johore Baru.B. The Causeway.C. Singapore.D. Butterworth.4. What can we learn from the story?A. Comfort in traveling by train.B. Smiles brighten people upC. Reading gives people happiness.D. Pleasure of living in the country.How to Be PopularMost people would like to be popular with others, but not everyone can achieve this goal. What is the secret to popularity? In fact, it is very simple. The first step is to improve our appearance. We should always make sure that we stay in good shape and dress well. When we are healthy and well-groomed, we will not only look better but also feel better. In addition, we should smile and appear friendly. After all, our facial expression is an important part of our appearance. If we can do this, people will be attracted to our good looks and impressed by our confidence.Another important step is developing more consideration for others. We should always put others first and place their interests before our own. It's also important to be good listeners; in this way people will feel comfortable enoughto confide in us. However, no matter what we do, we must not gossip. Above all, we must remember to be ourselves, not phonies. Only by being sincere and respectful of others can we earn their respect. If we can do all of the above, I am sure popularity will come our way.。

高中英语黄金阅读(高三版)--生活类I(含答案详解).

高中英语黄金阅读(高三版)－－生活类I（含答案详解）(1)Listen carefully, working people, we would like to tell you something that could save your precious time and money! Best of all, it is free!It’s “no”.What do you ask? We’ll say it again: “No”.Sweet and simple “no”.Sa y “no” at your office and see how quickly that pile of work on your desk disappears.“Saying ‘no’ to others means you are saying ‘yes’ to yourself, ” said Leslie Charles, a professional speaker from East Lansing, Michigan.“Time is precious. People are spending money buying time. And yet we are willing to give up our time because we can’t say ‘no’.”Susie Watson, a famous writer, said people who always say “yes”need to say “no”without guilt(内疚)or fear of punishment. “I would rather have someone give me a loving ‘no’than an obligated(强制的) ‘yes’, ”she said.Susie Watson says she feels “no” obligation to give an explanation when she says “no” either socially or professionally. Does she feel guilty about it? “Not at all, ” said Watson, who is director of advertising and public relations at Timex Corp in Middlebury, Conneticut. “Most people are afraid of saying ‘no’… My advice is to say ‘yes’ only if you don’t mean ‘no’.”Watson said “no” is the most effective weapon against wasting time. “Every year there are more demands on your time… Other people are happy to use up your time, ” Watson said. Time saving appears to be “no’s” greatest friend.“No” can be your new friend, a powerful tool to take back your life. “No” may even take you further in the business world than “yes”.“No” is power and strength. “No” now seems completely correct. “Saying ‘no’ isn’t easy. But finally it’s greatly liberating,” Charles said. But, he added, a “no” project needs to be worked on every day because it is hard to change long-term habit.But, he also warns: “Don’t go to extremes. Don’t find yourself saying ‘no’ to everything. In return you should learn to hear ‘no’.”1. The sentence “Saying ‘yes’ to yourself” m eans _______.A. you can have more time to play with othersB. you needn’t care about other’s feeling if you are happyC. you are selfish and treat others rudelyD. you can deal with your business as you have planned2. When you say “no” to others you should say it in a _______.A. secret wayB. polite wayC. proud wayD. guilty way3. In Watson’s opinion, people can save much time on condition that _______.A. they say “no” at a suitable timeB. they say “no” as much as possibleC. they are afraid of saying “no”D. they make others angry at them4. If a person says “no” to everything, the result he or she receive may be that he or she _______.A. enjoys a wonderful lifeB. makes a lot of moneyC. faces difficulty in lifeD. forgets to say “yes”in the end【答案与解析】本文说明了人们在生活中敢于说“不”的重要性，同时也提醒人们应注意不要走向极端。

高三英语阅读理解(带详解)

I watched from a distance as the homeless man quarreled with those who did not leave money for him – the majority.I walked up to him and right on queue he asked me for a quarter. “I’ll give you a quarter if you tell me your story.” He laughed, “You’ll give me a quarter for my story?” I lay the quarter in front of him and corrected myself –“Nah, here’s the quarter but it would be nice to hear your story.” I followed his eyes to the quarter and for a brief moment I saw a glimmer of reflection. I sat down next to him and waited.“I was in the army,” he said. “I was a sniper(狙击手)and was supposed to shoot down the enemy from the distance.” I listened carefully to his grizzly voice as he went deeper into the story. He wore dirty old torn clothes and smelled like a dead rat left in a mouse trap. He told me how he used to hunt with his family and was really good at it. He had his own way of respecting animals by not wasting what he killed for food and not killing more than he needed. When the army came knocking on his door, he felt pride and joined up. All those years of polishing his hunting skills could now serve a larger purpose—to defend us from the bad guys. He set out to fight in Iraq.It wasn’t long before he realized his ideals and expectations were just a shadow of the truth. He became disillusioned with the killings, which he felt were of innocent people. “I was a sniper but I never really killed anyone,” he said. “One day I had to do it. They asked me to shoot this lady from the distance.I saw kids near that lady and my hands were on the trigger (扳机). Man, I was tearing up ... I couldn’t do it. She wasn’t doing anything to anyone and she was with the kids—I couldn’t see through my tears. It just didn’t make any sense to me.”The story goes on as he describes eventually being put into prison for 180 days for refusing to follow orders. He told me how he was black listed so that he couldn’t get a job. All the rights we take for granted were taken away from him. Why? Here was a man who was being punished—and for what? For refusing to kill the lady? For being a hero? “I have no regrets,” the homeless man said. “I may be homeless now, but I never killed that lady. I never killed anyone in the army. It didn’t feel right. I didn’t go there to do that. I we nt there to save people.” He continued, “I can live with being homeless—that’s okay. But I wouldn’t be able to live with killing innocent people.”On that lonely Friday night, I met a hero. It just never occurred to me that a hero could be a smelly old man left on streets.1. It can be learned from the passage that the homeless man_______. （）A. never killed animalsB. had a strong respect for lifeC. deserved the punishment he receivedD. felt guilty about disobeying the order2. The underlined word “disillusioned” (Paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to _______.（）A. disappointedB. frightenedC. delightedD. admired3. The most disappointing for the man was probably that _________. （）A. he couldn’t get a job to support himselfB. he couldn’t go back to fight for his countryC. he received orders to kill an innocent personD. he got little money from the people in the street4. How did the man feel when he was reduced to a beggar? （）A. hopelessB. regretlessC. greedyD. sympathetic5. What does the passage mainly talk about? （）A. A beggar who often came into conflict with othersB. A poor man who earned money by telling storiesC. A true hero who begged for a living on streetsD. A homeless man who helped the poor men答案及剖析：语篇解读：本文介绍了一位曾经在伊拉克服役的狙击手的故事。

高考英语阅读原材料(6)

高考英语阅读原材料（6）We Tell Our Kids That Hard Work Always Pays Off. What Happens When They Fail Anyway? Posted on May 29, 2019TimeBY RACHEL SIMMONS MAY 23, 2019Rachel Simmons is the director of the Phoebe Reese Lewis leadership program at Smith College and the author of Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Happy, Healthy & Fulfilled Lives.A star athlete at the college where I work recently stopped by my office. After committing a few unforced errors during a weekend match, she was — several days later — riven byself-criticism and distracted on the field.“I can’t stop beating myself up,” she told me. “I’m at peak fitness, and I practice hard. How is this happening?”This student, like many I teach, believes she should be able to control the outcomes of her life by virtue of her hard work. It’s a mentality verging on invincibility: a sense thatall-nighters in the library, a jam-packed calendar and hours on the field should get her exactly where she needs to go in life. Nothing can stop me but myself.I study and write about resilience in young adults, and I’m noticing a troubling spike in students like this athlete. Their faith in their own sweat equity confers a kind of contingent confidence: when they win, they feel powerful and smart. Success confirms their mindset.The problem comes when these students fail. When they fall short of what they imaginethey should accomplish, they are crushed by self-blame. If my accomplishments are mine to control, they reason, my failures must be entirely my fault, too. Failing must mean I am incapable, and maybe will be forever.This makes it incredibly difficult for students to move on.We talk often about young adults struggling with failure because their parents have protected them from discomfort. But there is something else at play here among the mostprivileged kids in particular: a message transmitted to them by doting parents who have falsely promised them that they can achieve anything if they are willing to work for it.Psychologists studying students in high-achieving schools have sourced this phenomenon to a misapplication of “mindset” research, which has found that praising children for their effort will increase academic performance. Developed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck and popularized in her 2006 bestselling book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, mindset education has infiltrated the classrooms around the world. But a 2018meta-analysis found that while so-called growth-mindset interventions, in which educators respond to their students’ challenges by praising effort (“You worked hard!”) over ability (“You’re really smart!”), may benefit high-risk or economically disadvantaged students, they do not necessarily help everyone.One possible explanation comes from psychologists Suniya Luthar and Nina Kumar,who argued in a research paper last year that teens growing up in wealthy, pressure-cooker communities are actually hurt by the message that effort equals success. For them, Luthar and Kumar wrote, “it is not a lack of motivation and perseverance that is the big problem. Instead, it is unhealthy perfectionism, and difficulty with backing off when they should, when the high-octane drive for achievem ents is over the top.”The humbling, brutal, messy reality of life is that you can doeverything in your power — and still fail.When parents demand excellence in their kids while still promising them that effort is king, they tell them, wrongly, that they should be able to rise above any obstacle. But research has found that young people who push themselves onward in the face of unattainable goals experience physical and emotional stress. In a 2007 study by psychologists Gregory Miller and Carsten Wrosch, the authors determined that adolescent girls who refused to give up impossible goals showed elevated levels of CRP, a protein that serves as a marker of systemic inflammation linked to diabetes, heart disease and other medical conditions.A 2012 study by Luthar and Samuel Barkin showed a correlation between the “perfectionist strivings” of affluent youth and their vulnerability to drug and alcohol abuse, anxiety and depression.The humbling, brutal, messy reality of life is that you can do everything in your power — and still fail. This is knowledge that comes early to underrepresented minorities on campus, including first-generation students and students of color. Their experience of discrimination and inequality teaches them early on to brace for what is, for now, largely beyond their control to change.Yet for many others, the quixotic belief that success is always within their grasp is a setup. University of Chicago Professor Lauren Erlant calls this “cruel optimism,” or when the pursui t of a goal actually harms you because it is largely unachievable. The college admissions game promises young adults a meritocracy that will reward their hard work with entrance to theivory tower – yet admissions scandals and ultra-thin acceptance margins make such a promise impossible to keep.Adults help students pursue success in healthier ways in part by redefining failure as a feature, not a bug, of learning. At Smith College, where I teach, the Narratives Project asks students to explore how setbacks and missteps made them stronger or more effective. “It can be instructive to observe your own response when things don’t go your way,” said director Dr. Jessica Bacal. “It might reinforce your passion for the work you’re doing or send you in a whole new direction –and there’s nothing wrong with that.”Luthar and Kumar urge parents and teachers to spend time helping students find purpose, or goals they both genuinely love to pursue and that make an impact on the world. Researchers have found that adolescents with purpose report greater life satisfaction, have a strong sense of identity and are more psychologically mature.Instead of allowing our kids to beat themselves up when things don’t go their way, we might all pause to question a culture that has taught them that being anything less than overwhelmed is lazy, that how they perform for others is more important than what actually inspires them and that where they go to college matters more than the kind of person they are.The point is not to give our kids a pass on working hard and doing their best. But fantasizing that they can control everything is not really resilience. We are harming our children by implying that they can bend life to their will, and as students walk across commencement stages this year, we would be wise to remind them that life has a way of sucker-punching us when we least expect it. It’s often the people who learn to say “stuff happens” who get up the fastest.Posted in Athletics, Educational Research, Parenting Info, Wellness | Tagged Rachel Simmons, Wellness | Leave a replyPutting Down Your Phone May Help You Live LongerPosted on May 1, 2019The New York TimesBy raising levels of the stress-related hormone cortisol, our phone time may also be threatening our long-term health. CreditRaúl SoriaImageCreditCreditRaúl SoriaBy Catherine Price▪April 24, 2019▪If you’re like many people, you may have decided that you want to spend less time staring at your phone.It’s a goo d idea: an increasing body of evidence suggests that the time we spend on our smartphones is interfering with our sleep, self-esteem, relationships, memory, attention spans, creativity, productivity and problem-solving and decision-making skills.But there is another reason for us to rethink our relationships with our devices. By chronically raising levels of cortisol, the body’s main stress hormone, our phones may be threatening our health and shortening our lives.Until now, most discussions of phones’ biochemical effects have focused on dopamine, a brain chemical that helps us form habits — and addictions. Like slot machines, smartphones and apps are explicitly designed to trigger do pamine’s release, with the goal of making our devices difficult to put down.This manipulation of our dopamine systems is why many experts believe that we are developing behavioral addictions to our phones. But our phones’ effects on cortisol are potentially even more alarming.Cortisol is our primary fight-or-flight hormone. Its release triggers physiological changes, such as spikes in blood pressure, heart rate and blood sugar, that help us react to and survive acute physical threats.These effects can be lifesaving if you are actually in physical danger —like, say, you’re being charged by a bull. But our bodies also release cortisol in response to emotionalstressors where an increased heart rate isn’t going to do much good, such as checking your phone to find an angry email from your boss.4 Hours a DayIf they happened only occasionally, phone-induced cortisol spikes might not matter. But the average American spends four hours a day staring at their smartphone and keeps it within arm’s reach nearly all the time, according to a t racking app called Moment. The result,as Google has noted in a report, i s that “mobile devices loaded with social media, email and news apps” create “a constant sense of obligation, generating unintended personal stress.”“Your cortisol levels are elevated when your phone is in sight or nearby, or when you hear it or even think you hear it,” says David Greenfield, professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and founder of the Center for Internet andTechnology Addiction. “It’s a stress response, and it feels unpleasant, and the body’s natural response is to want to check the phone to make the stress go away.”But while doing so might soothe you for a second, it probably will make things worse in the long run. Any time you check your phone, you’re likely to find something else stressful waiting for you, leading to another spike in cortisol and another craving to check your phone to make your anxiety go away. This cycle, when continuously reinforced, leads to chronically elevated cortisol levels.And chronically elevated cortisol levels have been tied to an increased risk of serious health problems, including depression, obesity, metabolic syndrome, Type 2 diabetes, fertility issues, high blood pressure, heart attack, dementia and stroke.“Every chronic disease we know of is exacerbated by stress,” says Dr. Robert Lustig, emeritus professor in pediatric endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco, and author of “The Hacking of the American Mind.” “And our phones are absolutely contributing to this.”Smartphone StressIn addition to its potential long-term health consequences, smartphone-induced stress affects us in more immediately life-threatening ways.Elevated cortisol levels impair the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain critical for decision-making and rational thought. “The prefrontal cortex is the brain’s Jiminy Cricket,” says Dr. Lustig. “It keeps us from doing stupid things.”Impairment of the prefrontal cortex decreases self-control. When coupled with a powerful desire to allay our anxiety, this can lead us to do things that may be stress-relieving in the moment but are potentially fatal, such as texting while driving.The effects of stress can be amplified even further if we are constantly worrying that something bad is about to happen, whether it’s a physical attack or an infuriating comment on social media. (In the case of phones, this state of hypervigilance sometimes manifestsas “phantom vibrations,” in which people feel their phone vibrating in their pocket when their phone isn’t even ther e.)“Everything that we do, everything we experience, can influence our physiology and change circuits in our brain in ways that make us more or less reactive to stress,” says Bruce McEwen, head of the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at The Rockefeller University.Dr. McEwen also notes that our baseline cortisol levels ebb and flow in a regular 24-hour cycle that is thrown out of whack if we get less than seven to eight hours of sleep a night,which is all too easy to do if you’re in the habit of checking your phone before bed. This in turn leaves our bodies less resilient to stress and increases our risk of all the stress-related health conditions mentioned above.Put this all together, and the hours we spend compulsively checking our phones may add up to much more than a waste of time.Breaking the CycleThe good news is that if we break this anxiety-driven cycle, we can reduce our cortisol levels, which in turn may both improve our short-term judgment and lower our risks for long-term stress-related health problems. Over time, says Dr. McEwen, it’s even possible to retrain our brains so that our stress responses are no longer on such a hair-trigger to begin with.To make your phone less stressful, start by turning off all notifications except for the ones you actually want to receive.Next, pay attention to how individual apps make you feel when you use them. Which do you check out of anxiety? Which leave you feeling stressed? Hide these apps in a folder off your home screen. Or, better yet, delete them for a few days and see how it feels.And while you’re at it, start paying attention to how individual apps affect you physically, too. “If we’re not aware of our physical sensations, we’re not going to change our behaviors,” says Dr. Judson Brewer, director of research and innovation at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University and author of “The Craving Mind.” According to Dr. Brewer, stress and anxiety often manifest as a feeling of contraction in the chest.Regular breaks can also be an effective way to rebalance your body’s chemistry and regain your sense of control. A 24-hour “digital Sabbath” can be surprisingly soothing (once the initial twitchiness subsides), but even just leaving your phone behind when you get lunch is a step in the right direction.Also, try to notice what anxiety-induced phone cravings feel like in your brain and body —without immediately giving in to them. “If you practice noticing what is happening inside yourself, you will realize that you can choose how to respond,” says Jack Kornfield, a Buddhist teacher at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. “We don’t have to be at the mercy of algorithms that are promoting the fear of miss ing out.”Unfortunately, it isn’t easy to create healthy boundaries with devices that are deliberately designed to discourage them. But by reducing our stress levels, doing so won’t just make us feel better day-to-day. It might actually lengthen our lives.Catherine Price(@catherine_price) is the author of “How to Break Up With Your Phone” and creator of Screen/Life Balance.。