河北省唐山市丰南区高考英语暑假阅读理解选练(6)
河北省唐山市丰南区高考英语暑假阅读理解选练(7)
河北省唐山市丰南区2016高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（7）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Historians usually just study great things that happened in the past time, but Drew Faust has made history! On February 11, 2007, Faust was named president of Harvard University. She is the fir st woman to hold the position in the school’s 371-year history.“I am a hist orian,” she said. “I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the past, and about how it shapes the future. No university in the country, perhaps the world, has as remarkable a past as Harvard’s.”“And our commo n ente rprise is to make Harvard’s future even more remarkable than its past. That will mean recognizing and building on what we already do well. It will also mean recognizing what we don’t do as well as we should, and not being satisfied until we find ways to do better.”It is her great desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas that have given Drew success in a world controlled by men. “This is a man’s world, my girl, and the sooner you learn that, the better of f you’ll be.” Drew Faust recalls her mother telling her this when she was young, but she didn’t buy it.Faust grew up in a well-off family in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley in the 1950s. Even then, she was a trailblazer(先驱). A conversation with her family’s black handyman (零工) and driver inspired her to write a letter, on school notebook paper, to President Dwight Eisenhower.She asked that he help bring US citizens together in the south, a much divided part of the country at the time.“Drew Faus t is a historian with her eyes on the future,” said Susan Graham, a professor of Harvard. Many of the university’s schools said that they believe Harvard will have a brighter future under the leadership of Drew Faust.1. Why does the writer say Drew Faust has made history?A. Because she is a historian.B. Because she was president of Harvard University.C. Because she was the first woman to be president of Harvard University.D. Because Harvard has a remarkable past2. What do we know about historians?A. They usually study great things that happened in the past.B. They are usually presidents of universities.C. They are usually born in well-off families.D. They are usually women.3. What does the underlined wo rd “buy” in the fourth paragraph mean?A. acceptB. expectC. purchaseD. afford4. What did her m other mean by saying “This is a man’s world, my girl...”?A. To encourage her to do man’s work.B. To tell her to do things as a girl should do.C. To ask her to be well-off.D. To expect her to be a historian.5. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Faust was born in the north of the US.B. She wrote a letter to President Eisenhower when she became president of Harvard.C. Fau st’s d esire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas has given her success.D. Historians just care about great things that happened in the past.【参考答案】1—5、CAABC【2014高考英语河南省内黄一中一模】A阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、 B、 C和D中。
河北省唐山市丰南区2019高考英语暑假阅读理解选练(5)
河北省唐山市丰南区2016高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（5）阅读理解。
阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
What makes a person a scientist？Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others？The answer is “NO”．It is not what the tools that a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that makes him a scientist.You will probably agree that knowing how to use the power is important to a carpenter (木匠)．You will probably agree，too，that knowing how to investigate (调查)，how to discover information，is important to everyone.The scientist，however，goes one step further，he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed (确认) by other persons.He also works to fit the answers he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works.The scientist’s knowledge must be exact.There is no room for half right or right just half the time.He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit.What works under one set of conditions sometimes must work under the same conditions at other times.If the conditions are different，any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration (演示) must be explained by the changes in the conditions.This is one reason that investigations are important in science.Albert Einstein，who developed the theory of relativity，arrived at this theory through mathematics.The accuracy of his mathematics was later tested through investigations.Einstein’s ideas were shown to be correct.A scientist uses many tools for measurements.Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations.1．What makes a scientist according to the passage?A．The tools he uses. B．His ways of learning.C．The ways he uses his tools. D．The different tools.解析：细节理解题。
高考英语一轮复习暑假阅读类编练(六)
四川省资中县2017高考英语一轮复习暑假阅读类编练（六）完形填空。
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案。
“I wish I'd known this before” is a statement often said by us when we realize we've made bad decisions.1.________ you don't want to have regrets，you must realize some factors that cause poor decisions. For example，lack of foresight is 2.________ of such factors. Many times，we tend to concentrate only on the “right now” of a certain decision 3.________ fail to understand its effects on our future. Ideally，we 4.________ practise proactive thinking (主动思考) to predict the changes in future.Often，we get confused and leave some important decisions of our life in the hands of others，5.________ can be harmful. Instead，we must avoid asking others to decide for us at all costs. Making incorrect assumptions also can cause bad decisions. We often base our views 6.________ the history of our experiences. However，as people and things keep changing，it's best to judge them 7.________ they are. For example，you decide not to interact much with your colleague because you thought she was unable. However，she was 8.________ only one who helped you in completing your task.(八)1. If 考查状语从句的引导词。
2016高考英语唐山丰南区暑假阅读理解选练(11)及答案
阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
When I decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, I was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from Bob who had left me empty and confused. I decided to leave the US and travel. I had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. What I did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photographer- and with that along, I thought, it would be easy.My first experience was a road trip from Toronto to Las Vegas, paid for by a car delivery service. Other trips followed and then I started a travel blog (博客). It was intended to be my calling card for assignment travel photography. Yet even with my blog and past experience, email after email I sent to publications, trying to get work, went unanswered. When they did get in touch, editors told me that I had no chance of making a career with travel photography. While I struggled to get on the path that I wanted, and as I expanded my blog to help get me there, I found myself wearing the hat of a full-time blogger.Luckily, I got in at the right time. It was 2010，and the travel industry was just starting to turn its attention to bloggers. As I never could have predicted, my blogging-not my photography-did take me around the world successfully. At first，I thought it was for personal reasons, but I realized later that it was for free marketing for my blogging.Within two years, I was being asked to speak at travel blogging conferences, which helped me to raise a network of friends around the world. Even more meaningful, however, was when I saw that my travels were also helping other people. My blog and social media followers saw that I chased my dreams and told me over and over again how they needed that kind of example, which was absent in their lives elsewhere.51 After the author quit her job, she decided to ______.A. divorce her husbandB. be a wedding photographerC. pay off all her debtD. go travelling abroad2. What can we learn about the author from the 2nd paragraph?A. She paid money to a car delivery agency for a road trip.B. She realised his dream of becoming a travel photographer.C. She got a job as an editor in a publishing house.D. She finally became a professional blogger unintentionally.3. The author believed her success mainly resulted from ______.A. her personal reasonsB. her photographing skillsC. free marketing for bloggingD. booming of travel industry4. What did the author think of her two years' work?A. Inspiring.B. Appealing.C. Interesting.D. Challenging.【参考答案】1—4、DDCA【2014高考英语湖北省汉阳市联考试题】400-year-old plants from the Little Ice Age were brought back to life, which could help us understand how the Earth will deal with climate change.Moss(藓类植物) found buried beneath the Teardrop glacier(冰川) on Ellesmere Island in Canadahas been brought back to life. Findings suggest that these plants could help repopulate regions exposed by melting ice caps. Plants that were buried beneath thick ice in Canada more than 400 years ago and were thought to have frozen to death have been brought back to life by Canadian scientists.Samples of the moss plant, covered by the glacier during the Little Ice Age of 1550 to 1850 AD, were replanted in a lab at the University of Alberta and grew new stems(茎). Researchers now think these findings can give indication as to how regions can recover as the ice covering them melts. Biologist Dr. Catherine La Farge and her team at the University of Alberta were exploring the region around the Teardrop glacier on Ellesmere Island. Ice on Ellesmere Island region has been melting at around four meters each year for the past nine years. This means that many areas of land that were previously covered by ice have since been exposed. Many ecosystems that were thought to have been destroyed during the Little Ice Age between 1550 and 1850 AD can now be studied, including many species that have never been studied before.While examining an exposed area of land, La Farge and her team discovered a small area of moss called Aulacomnium turgidum. It is a type of bryophyte(苔藓类植物) plant that mainly grows across Canada, the US and the Highlands of Scotland.Dr La Farge noticed that the moss had small patches of green stems, suggesting it is either growing again or can be encouraged to repopulate. Dr La Farge told the BBC, “When we looked at the samples in detail and brought them to the lab, I could see some of the stems actually had new growth of green branches, suggesting that these plants are growing again, and that blew my mind. When we think of thick areas of ice covering the l andscape, we’ve always thought that plants have to come from refugia(濒绝生物保护区), never considering that land plants come from underneath a glacier. It’s a whole world of what’s coming out from underneath the glacier that really needs to be studied. The ice is disappearing pretty fast. We really have not examined all the biological systems that exist in the world; we don’t know it all.”Dr La Farge took samples of the moss and, using carbon-dating techniques, discovered that the plants date back to the Little Ice Age. Dr La Farge’s team took the samples, planted them in dishes full of nutrient-rich potting soil and fed them with water.The samples were from four separate species including Aulacomnium turgidum, Distichium capillaceum, Encalypta procera and Syntrichia ruralis. The moss plants found by Dr La Farge aretypes of bryophytes. Bryophytes can survive long winters and regrow when the weather gets warmer.However, Dr La Farge was surprised that the plants buried under ice have survived into the twenty-first century. Her findings appear in proceedings（论文集）of the National Academy of Sciences.59. Dr La Farge’s research is of great importance to ________.A. knowing what the plants during the Little Ice Age were likeB. understanding how ecosystems recover from glaciers.C. regrowing many species that have been destroyed before.D. figuring out the effects of melting ice caps on moss.60. The underlined part “blew my mind” in Paragraph 6 can best be replaced by “________”.A. surprised meB. greatly frightened meC. put my doubt out of my mindD. was exactly what I had in my mind61. According to the passage, Aulacomnium turgidum ________.A. lives better in small groupsB. is very active in hot weatherC. is strong enough to survive coldnessD. is chosen from Canadian refugia62. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Bryophyte ecology is greatly affected by climate change.B. 400-year-old moss’s survival is a mystery to solve.C. Moss in ancient times was discovered in Canada.D. 400-year-old plants were brought back to life.【参考答案】59、ＢＡ61-62 ＣＤ【2014高考英语湖北省汉阳市联考试题】DToday, in many high schools, teaching is now a technical miracle of computer labs, digital cameras, DVD players and laptops. Teachers can e-mail parents, post messages for students on online bulletin(公告，告示) boards, and take attendance with a quick movement of a mouse.Even though we are now living in the digital age, the basic and most important element of education has not changed. Most students still need that one-on-one, teacher-student relationship to learn andto succeed. Teenagers need instruction in English, math or history, but they also want personal advice and encouragement. Kids talk with me about their families, their weekend plans, their favorite TV shows and their relationship problems. In my English and journalism classes, we talk about Shakespeare and persuasive(富有哲理的) essays, but we also discuss college basketball, the war in Iraq and career choices. Students show me pictures of their rebuilt cars, their family vacations, and their newborn baby brothers. This personal connection is the necessary link between teachers and students that no amount of technology can improve upon or replace.A few years ago I had a student in sophomore English who was struggling with my class and with school in general. Although he was a humorous young man who liked to joke around, I knew his family life was far from ideal. Whenever I approached him about missing homework or low test grades, he a lways had the same reply, “It doesn't matter because I'm quitting school anyway.” Even though he always said this in a half-teasing way, I knew he needed to hear my different opinion and my “value of a high school education” lecture. He needed to hear this speech from me. After he left my class, he struggled through the next two years of school. But, he did finally graduate because we kept telling him to hang in there. We’d cared about him finishing school.Recently, I saw this former student working at a local Italian restaurant. I told him again how proud I was of him. He said that he was hoping to go back to school to become a certified electrician. I encouraged him to get that training.Students rely on compassionate teachers to guide, to tutor, to listen, to laugh and to cry with them. Teachers provide the most important link in the educational process—the human one.63. The first paragraph mainly talks about _____________.A. the variety of modern teaching methods.B. the wide use of modern technology in educationC. the importance of teacher-parent relationship.D. the importance of using modern technology.64. The underlined word “ compassionate” in Para 5 means ____________.A. ambitiousB. knowledgeableC. sympatheticD. generous65. According to the text, the most important element in education is _________.A. teachers’ good instructionB. advanced technologyC. teachers’ encouragementD. personal connection66. The author states his view of education by __________.A. exampleB. descriptionC. figureD. comparison【参考答案】63、BCD 66、A【宁夏银川市第九中学2014一模】单项选择(共15小题:每小题1分,满分15分)21. --Did you enjoy yourself yesterday?--Yes. As you saw, ________ party went on in____________ most pleasant atmosphere.A. the; aB. the; theC. a; theD. a; a22. – I like TV series. How about you?-- _____ I’d prefer entertainment programs.A. I don’t think so.B. I don’t care.C. They’re so interesting.D. They’re not my cup of tea.23. The students were advised to try a different ________ to solving the complex maths problem.A. approachB. meansC. methodD. way【答案】A【解析】试题分析：句意：这些学生被建议尝试一个不同的方法解决复杂的数学问题。
(整理版高中英语)高考英语文章阅读类暑假练习题(6)及答案解析
高考英语文章阅读类：暑假练习题〔6〕及答案解析第二节:任务型阅读 ()阅读以下材料，从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出符合各小题要求的最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑，选项中有一项为多余选项.Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.The colored part of the eye is called the iris. There are three basic eye colours ─ brown, blue and green. A few albino people have red or pink eyes, but these are very rare. Many people believe that blue eyes are more delicate than brown eyes. In fact they are just as tough as brown eyes, although they are more sensitive to light.We only see part of the eyeball, although the whole eye is as big as a table tennis ball. Light enters the eye through the pupil and passes through the lens. The lens focuses the light onto the retina at the back of the eye. The retina sends the signal to the brain along the optic nerve. The image on the retina is actually upside-down, but the brain corrects it. As we get older our eyesight becomes worse. This happens because the lens isn’t as flexible as when we are young and the eye muscles are weaker.Our eyes are the most important of our five senses. We receive 80% of our information about the world through our eyes. We also send signals to other people with our eyes. Some eye signals are unconscious. When we look at something nice, our pupils get bigger. But when we don’t like something, they become smaller. We cry when we are unhappy and sometimes when we are very happy. But we can also control some eye signals. For example, we can wink at someone or raise an eyebrow. Sunglasses make someone appear mysterious or dangerous, because they hide that eyes and so we can’t see the signals.64.______________________________We find large eyes more attractive. Children have large eyes in proportion to their heads. Cartoon characters always have large eyes, too. We can’t actually change our eyes, but we can make them look bigger with make-up. Eye make-up isn’t new. Pictures in the Pyramids show that the ancient Egyptians both men and women-used it. False eyelashes can make eyelashes longer. Eye shadow on the eyelids can make the eyes look bigger and more dramatic．Glasses can also make eyes look bigger.We do not normally look into someone’s eyes for long, especially when they are very close. Eye contact can be very threatening, so people only do it when they want to threaten someone. It is also very intimate. This is why lovers gaze into each other’s eyes. It’s also why people don’t look at each other in lifts.A. Ways to beautify eyesB. Proper use of eye contactC. Techniques of sending eye signalsD. Colours of people’s eyesE. Functions of different parts of the eyeF. Variety of messages conveyed through参考答案61--65 DEFAB*************************************************结束第II卷〔共40分〕第二节: 书面表达(总分值30 分)近几年来，越来越多的人们在网上购置实物、信息，甚至预定机票或酒店等效劳。
唐山市高考英语专题复习 阅读理解(含答案)
唐山市高考英语专题复习阅读理解(含答案)一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity(繁荣). Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: "I may have lost, but it doesn't matter because I really didn't try."What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one's self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve(缓解)can we discover a new meaning in competition.（1）Why are some people in favor of competition?A. Because they think competition pushes society forward.B. Because they think competition improves social abilities.C. Because they think competition builds up a sense of pride.D. Because they think competition develops people's relationship.（2）What does the underlined phrase "the most vocal" in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. People who try their best to win.B. People who highly value competition.C. People who are strongly against competition.D. People who mostly rely on others for success.（3）Which viewpoint does the author agree to?A. Self-worth relies on winning.B. Winning should be a life-and-death matter.C. Competition leads to unfriendly relationship.D. Fear of failure should be removed in competition.（4）What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Competition helps to set up self-respect.B. People hold different opinions about competition.C. Failures are necessary experience in competition.D. Competition is harmful to personal quality development.【答案】（1）A（2）C（3）D（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文，论述了人们对于竞争所持的不同观点。
河北省唐山市丰南区2019高考英语暑假阅读理解选练(12)
河北省唐山市丰南区2016高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（12）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Welcome to AustraliaThe Great OutdoorsAustralia is the world’s oldest continent and indigenous Australians have one of the world’s oldest culture．In Australia you will see unique plants and animals and some of the most beautiful scenery in the world．Many parks have information centres offering advice on where to go, what to see and how to see it--for both your personal safety and to protect our sensitive, natural environment．Banks and Money MattersBanks are generally open between 9:30am and 4pm on Monday to Thursday and 9:30am and 5pm on Friday．Foreign currency or traveller’s cheques can be changed at all banks and some of the larger hotels．There are currency exchange facilities at all international airports．___________________Take care! Our sunlight is very strong and you can get sunburnt．For best sun protection, it is advisable to wear:● A broad-brimmed hat● A shirt with a collar and sleeves●Sunscreen with high protection factor．SwimmingWe have so many beautiful places to swim--beaches, lakes, rivers and creeks．●Many of our waters are safe for swimming, but if you have any doubts, ask before entering the water．●Most of our popular ocean beaches have patrols with life-saving service．Red and yellow flags mark the area that you are advised to swim within．●If there are no flags and no life guards on the beach, talk to local people about the best areas to swim．Staying Safe on the Roads●Australians drive on the left-hand side of the road．●For safety, everyone in the car, including children, must wear a seat belt．●Motor cyclists and bicyclists are required to wear a helmet．●Watch out for native animals crossing the roads, especially at night．Road signs are erected in places where animals are commonly seen．1．What is the best title of the third part of the passage?A．The Sun B．Enjoy the SunC．Warning D．Outdoor Activities2．If you arrive in Sydney at 5:10pm on Friday, where can you probably get your money changed on that day?A．At a bank．B．At any hotel．C．At a store D．At the airport3．What advice can you get at the park information centre?A．Advice on how to wear a broad-brimmed hat．B．Advice on how to drive safely in the park．C．Advice on how to protect our environmentD．Advice on where to go to see a kangaroo．4．How can you ensure your safety when swimming?A．You can swim in whichever lake you likeB．You should swim with the life guard．C．You can swim where there are red flags．D．Always find a local person to ask about how to swim．5．Which of the following word might be the closest in meaning with the underlined word “erected”?A．set up B．protected C．stood D．noticed 【参考答案】1---5 ADDCA【2014高考英语安徽省六校联考】A阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
河北省唐山市丰南区高考英语暑假阅读理解选练(2)
河北省唐山市丰南区2016高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（2）阅读理解。
阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways — education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society —one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/ her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop work ing isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.1. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in America ________.A. has made people feel youngerB. has changed people’s social positionC. has changed people’s understanding of ageD. has slowed down the country’s social development2. The un derlined word “one” refers to ________.A. a societyB. AmericaC. a placeD. population3. “Act your age” means people should ________.A. be active when they are oldB. do the right thing at the right ageC. show respect to their parents young or oldD. take more physical exercises suitable to their age4. If a’ 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _________.A. normalB. wonderfulC. unbelievableD. unreasonable【参考答案及解析】1. C 主旨题。
唐山市最新 高考英语 阅读理解练习题(附答案)
唐山市最新高考英语阅读理解练习题(附答案)一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解With all the recent concern about the environment, people want to see their money used to better the planet. Here are four well-known environmental organizations.World Wildlife Fund (WWF)The World Wildlife Fund is perhaps one of the best-known organizations for the protection of endangered species and their habitats around the world. They've been around for over 45 years. You can donate through their website , join their organization as a member, or adopt an animal through their online adoption center.National Geographic Society (NGS)National Geographic Society is well-known for their magazine and their specials on TV. The organization itself is one of the longest-running in the world—they've been around since 1888, focus on exploration and conservation of forests, oceans, habitats, species and societies. You chopse to donate through the website ，buy something at their online store, or order a magazine subscription.National Wildlife Federation (NWF)Founded officially in 1937, the National Wildlife Federation tries to protect wildlife at all costs. In fact, they believe that having the public educated is the best way to help the environment—-the more you know, the more you can protect the world we live in. Donations to the NWF can be made through their website nwf. org or through other options, like matching gifts, workplace giving, or memorial donations.Ecology Fund, comSet up in 1976，Ecology Fund, com is run on user clicks. Advertisers buy ad space on the site every time someone clicks. The money goes to buy endangered wilderness land to protect it from companies that would destroy it. So far, Ecology Fund, com has bought land in many areas. The best thing about this site is that you needn't donate any money—all you have to do is click.（1）Which environmental organization has the longest history?A. Ecology .B. World Wildlife Fund.C. National Geographic Society.D. National Wildlife Federation.（2）What does NWF think is the most important in environmental protection?A. Knowledge.B. Management.C. Money.D. Patience.（3）In what way does differ from the other three organizations?A. The size of networks.B. The way of operation.C. The strength of influence.D. The degree of popularity.【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇应用文，介绍了四个著名的环保组织。
唐山市高考英语专题复习 阅读理解(含答案)
唐山市高考英语专题复习阅读理解(含答案)一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins, do you hurry on, not knowing what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money? What should our attitude to beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories. It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars.Certainly, most of the world's great religions (宗教) order us to be open-hearted and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally (道德方面) right in the old days, when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their arguments.First, some believe that many city beggars dress up on purpose to look pitiable and actually make a good living from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil (恶行). Secondly, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs. Thirdly, there is the opinion that there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one's sense of pride and self-dependence.Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be dealt with by the government rather than ordinary people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and receive help.It is hard to come to any final conclusion; there are various cases and we must deal with them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the giver.（1）What is mainly discussed in the passage?A. Moral deeds of people.B. Religious activities of the church.C. Moral goodness of the giver.D. Arguments on giving to beggars.（2）What can we infer from the sentence "But has the world changed?" in the second paragraph?A. People no longer know who suffers misfortune in the village.B. Some people will not do what was morally right in the past.C. We don't meet with those who need help any more.D. Now it is the government's duty to help the beggars.（3）Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Some people dress up to pretend to be beggars.B. Some beggars want money to help their children go to school.C. Some beggars use the money to buy drugs.D. Some beggars have no excuse for begging.（4）In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that it is hard to come to any final conclusion, because ______.A. the cases can be so differentB. there are so many beggarsC. there is so much money wastedD. there are so many different arguments【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）B（4）A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文，论述了人们过去和现在对乞讨者不同观点及原因，告诉我们不同问题要区别对待。
河北省唐山市丰南区高考英语暑假阅读理解选练(1)
河北省唐山市丰南区2016高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（1）阅读理解。
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
To Whom It May Concern:Your address was forwarded to us by How to Magazine. All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world. You know how to avoid unnecessary activities!As a matter of fact, we closely followed the advice in your article. First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons. Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone. Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service. After all, we are a business. We have to think of the bottom line. As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn outside the new employees’ sauna(桑拿房).Next, we sold the computers off to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby. Our electricity bill went way down. Big savings! The boss is impressed. We have completely embraced paper technology. Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencil woman ship is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter. By the way, if you can, please send this letter back to us. We can erase and reuse it. Just tie it to Maggie’s leg and she’ll know where to take it.Now it’s ver y calm and quiet here. You can notice the difference. No more loud chatter on the telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-office correspondence by paper airplane.Wonderful! I’ve always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl. Now it’s perfect.Sincerely yours,Eleanor LightlySpokeswoman and Company Hair StylistABC Activity Insurance: insure against overdoing it1. Which of the following best describes the life the author is leading?A. A simple, slow-paced life.B. A life of hard work and security.C. A religious, peasant-like life.D. A life away from paper and pencils.2. Where is Eleanor’s letter sent to?A. How To Magazine.B. ABC Activity Insurance Company.C. Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm.D. The International Institute of Not Doing Much.3. Which of the following is practiced in the author’s company?A. Replacing the manual work system with modern technology.B. Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity.C. Recycling paper resources whenever possible.D. Buying birds and pets as company for the staff.4. What is true about Maggie?A. She works as a manager in the author’s company.B. She sometimes helps fertilize the lawn outside the sauna.C. She often helps with inter-office correspondence using e-mail.D. Her handwriting has improved a lot after entering the company.5. What is the purpose for the person to write this letter?A. to show his dissatisfaction with the new environment.B. to complain about the bad working condition.C. to persuade people to live a simple life.D. to express his gratitude for the good advice.【参考答案】1---5、ADCBD【2014高考英语湖北省荆州市一模试题】BWhen Marilynne Robinson published her first novel, Housekeeping, in 1980, she was unknown in the literary world. But an early review in The New York Times ensured that the book would be noticed. “It’s as if, i n writing it, she broke through the ordinary human condition with all its dissatisfactions, and achieved a kind of transfiguration （美化）,” wrote Anatole Broyard, with an enthusiasm and amazement that was shared by many critics and readers. The book became a classic, and Robinson was recognized as one of the outstanding American writers of our time. Yet it would be more than twenty years before she wrote another novel.During the period, Robinson devoted herself to writing nonfiction. Her essays and book reviews appeared in Harper’s and The New York Times Book Review, and in 1989 she published Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State, and Nuclear Pollution, criticizing severely the environmental and public health dangers caused by the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in England—and the political and moral corruption(腐败). In 1998, Robinson published a collection of her critical and theological writings, The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought, which featured reassessments of such figures as Charles Darwin, John Calvin, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Aside from a single short story—“Connie Bronson,” published in The Paris Review in 1986—it wasn’t until 2004 that she returned to fiction with the novel Gilead, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her third novel, Home, came out this fall.Her novels could be described as celebrations of the human—the characters in them are unforgettable creations. Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her sister Lucille, who are cared for by their eccentric（古怪的）Aunt Sylvie after their mother commits suicide. Robinson writes a lot about how each of the three is changed by their new life together. Gilead is an even more close exploration of personality: the book centres on John Ames, a seventy-seven-year-old pastor(牧师) who is writing an account of his life and his family history to leave to his young son after he dies. Home borrows characters from Gilead but centers on Ames’s friend Reverend Robert Boughton and his troubled son Jack. Robinson returned to the same territory as Gilead because, she said, “after I write a novel or a story, I miss the characters—I feel like losing some close friends.”55. Robinson’s second novel came out ____.A. in 1980B. in 1986C. in 1998D. in 200456. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A. Robinson’s achievements in fiction.B. Robinson’s achievements in nonfiction.C. Robinson’s influence on the literary world.D. Robinson’s contributions to the environment.57. According to Paragraph 3, who is John Ames?A. He is Robinson’s close friend.B. He is a character in Gilead.C. He is a figure in The Death of Adam.D. He is a historian writing family stories.58. From which section of a newspaper can you read this passage?A. Career.B. Lifestyle.C. Music.D. Culture.【参考答案】55、D 56--58、 BBD【2014高考英语湖北省荆州市一模试题】CA towering South American plant that is believed to kill animals with its spikes(尖刺) and use their rotting bodies as fertilizer is about to bloom(开花) in England.A rare Puya chilensis was planted at a greenhouse in Surrey, a county in the southeast of England about 15 years ago. However, despite its frightening description, the tall, spiked plant is considered a threatened species.The Royal Horticultural Society has been feeding the plant a diet of liquid fertilizer. “In its natural habitat in the Andes it uses its razor sharp spikes to snare and trap sheep and other animals, which slowly starve to death and rot at the base of the plant, providing it with a bag of fertilize r,” reads a description on the RHS website, which adds that the plant gives off a “gruesome scent.”But does the plant actually trap and eat sheep? Other sources have simply said it is “believed” that the plant traps small animals with its spikes. After th e animals die of starvation, the plant is "believed" to then use their rotting bodies as fertilizer to feed itself."I'm really pleased that we've finally persuaded our Puya chilensis into producing flower," horticulturalist Cara Smith said in a press release on the RHS site. Regardless of whether it actually traps sheep, the plant does have sharp spikes thatcan grow up to 12 feet high and 5 feet wide. However, it’s not all death and danger for this plant. Its flowery blooms reportedly provide nectar(花蜜) for bees and birds. The Puya chilensis blooms annually in its native land of Chile, but this is the first time it has done so after more than a decade of cultivation efforts from the RHS. "We keep it well fed with liquid fertilizer as feeding it on its natural diet might prove a bit problematic,” Smith said. "It's growing in the dry section of our glasshouse with its deadly spines well out of reach of both children and sheep alike."59. From the passage we learn that in England the Puya chilensis _____.A. feeds on man-made liquid fertilezerB. often kills sheep and other animalsC. has once bloomed 15 years beforeD. uses animals' rotting bodies as fertilizer60. The underlined word “snare” in the second paragraph probablymeans“_________”.A. catchB. stopC. fightD. kill61. We can infer from the passage that _____.A. it's dangerous to feed the plantB. it's certain that the plant kills sheepC. it's difficult for the plant to bloom in EnglandD. it's rare for the plant to bloom in South American62. What does the writer mainly tell us?A. A new plant is discovered in Chile.B. How a rare plant is fed in England.C. A rare plant is going to bloom in England.D. How a plant traps animals in South America.【参考答案】59—60、AA 61--62 CC【重庆市名校联盟2014联合模拟】单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
高考英语暑假阅读理解选练(6)高三全册英语试题
毛额市鹌鹑阳光实验学校丰南区2016高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（6）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A study has showed that the brain makes decisions about 10 seconds before a person realizes it.Experts involved in the study said that looking at brain activity while making a decision, they could predict the choices the subjects would make, before they realized that they had made a decision. Lead researcher John-Dylan Haynes, a neuroscientist (神经学家)at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, said that the new findings called into questions for “consciousness”of decisions that people make, and might even challenge ideas as to how“free”people are to make a decision at a particular moment.“We think our decisions are conscious, but these data sho w that consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg,”Nature magazine quoted (引用) him as saying. Thinking the results“quite dramatic”, Frank Tong of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, said that 10 seconds is“a lifetime”in terms of brain activity.During the study, the brains of 14 volunteers were imaged as they performed a decision-making task. The subjects had two buttons before them, each to be operated by a different hand, which they could press when they felt the urge to. They were simultaneously (同时地)shown a stream of letters, which appeared on a screen at half-second intervals (间隔). The volunteers had to remember which letter was showing when they decided to press their button.Upon analysis of the data, the researchers realized that the earliest signal they could catch started seven seconds before the volunteers reported having made their decision. Given the delay of a few seconds in the imaging, they reckoned (估计) that the brain activity could have begun about ten seconds before the conscious decision. The researchers showed that the signals were picked up from a region (区域)called the frontopolar cortex (脑额极皮层), which is located at the front of the brain, immediately behind the forehead.While writing about the observations made during the research in his study report, Haynes said that the frontopolar cortex might be the brain region where decisions are started. He also showed that the next step in the research would be to speed up the data analysis so as to enable his team to predict peo ple’s choices as their brains would make them.1. The passage tells us that ______.A. we are aware of our whole process of decision-makingB. people don’t make decisions until they realize itC. experts have no way to tell what decision one will makeD. the decision-making process starts before it is made2. The underlined word “subjects”in Para. 2 probably refers to ______.A. the topic of the experts’ research paperB. the scientific subjects that the experts were studyingC. the things that experts d on’t know clearlyD. the volunteers that the experts worked on for their research3. The underlined sentence“consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg”in Para. 4 means that ______.A. our decision-making is consciousB. the data contains a lot of information besides consciousnessC. consciousness is the major part of the dataD. 10 seconds is“a lifetime”in terms of brain activity4. The final purpose of the research ______. A. is not stated clearly in the passage B. is not acknowledged by expertsC. is to show where decision-making startsD. is to analyze the data picked up5. The passage implies that ______.A. the research has been completedB. the research was conducted by two expertsC. the decision-making process lasts only about 10 secondsD. we may predict what decisions people will make in the future【参考答案】1—4、DDBA【2014高考英语质测试题】If you hear the sound of a mobile phone beeping in a bag or pocket, you could be forgiven for thinking that someone has received a text message. But nowadays there are so many different ways of messaging someone that it could spell the death of the traditional text as we know it.Text messaging, or texting, is the art of sending a short, electronic message between two mobile phones or tablets(平板电脑)． Butin the last few years, messaging in this manner has been on the decline. The rise of smartphones and tablets has seen an increase in the use of instant messaging apps(应用程序)， which offer a cheap alternative to conventional texts. Using wireless internet connections or mobile data networks, people can send limitless numbers of instant messages to their friends for very little cost. Unlike traditional mobile texts, the user usually only has to pay to download the app once, after which each message they send is free.Web developers soon got the message. Instant messaging apps have become popular all over the world. WhatsApp in America and Europe, WeChat in China and KakaoTalk in South Korea are but a few which have attracted hundreds of millions of people, who use the apps to chat to their friends in real time. These apps allow people to send picture messages for free-something which previously was quite costly.Research firm Informa said that almost 19 billion messages were sent per day using chat apps in 2012, compared with 17.6 billion SMS(short message service) texts. And it expects the chat app market to grow t0 50 billion per day by 2014. So does this really mean the end for communication by text? Pamela Clark-Dickson from Informa doesn't think so. She says that there are a considerable number of people who use normal mobile phones, particularly in developing countries, who prefer the SMS messaging tool: "They don't have mobile data plans, so there is an awfully big base of mobile phone users who are still going to find that SMS is the best messaging experience for them for a while."31. When you hear a mobile phone beeping, it means that _____.A. you will be forgiven for your mistakesB. someone has got a text messageC. the traditional text has disappearedD. someone has got some kind of message32. Why has text messaging been on the decline in recent years?A. Because sending text messages is an art.B. Because there are too many tablets nowadays.C. Because instant messaging is much cheaper.D. Because it doesn't need internet connections.33. What does the underlined part "got the message" probably mean?A. knew what people likedB. received instant messagesC. became very popularD. used the apps to chat34. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. People won't use communication by text someday.B. People in developing countries are considerate.C. People don't use smart phones in developing countries.D. People can use SMS without any mobile data plans.35. What is best title for the passage?A. SMS TextsB. Smart PhonesC. Trends in MessagingD. Instant Message Apps【参考答案】DCADC【2014高考英语模拟冲刺卷】单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）从A、B、C和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处地最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
唐山市高考英语专题复习 阅读理解(含答案)
唐山市高考英语专题复习阅读理解(含答案)一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解I took a journey to New York, US several months ago. It was the first time I had been abroad. It was also the first time I had taken a trip by myself. I had great enthusiasm and high hopes, and I wasn't let down.It's hard to describe how I felt when I arrived at the airport in New York. Looking at people of different races and nationalities passing by and hearing different languages all around me, I couldn't say anything for a long time. I had never understood the cultural diversity of the US so clearly and closely before.The following days were even more impressive. We integrated(融入)into the forest of concrete and cement(混凝土和水泥). We waved to the Statue of Liberty; we looked down at the busy island of Manhattan; we looked at well-known universities—Harvard of ancient Egypt.Then we visited some well-known university—Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia—each with its own appealing and time-honored history. But what all these universities have in common is their peaceful academic atmospheres witch you could feel everywhere. I was impressed by the libraries, decorated just like cathedrals(教堂), and the laboratories just next to the classroom. My dream is to return to those places as an international student.Finally came our destinations—the Model United Nations conference at the University of Chicago. Students from various countries arrived to act as United Nations delegations and share their opinions about global issues.As a non-native speaker, I felt that competing against native speakers was a very tough task. But it was also a rare change to improve my English and I couldn't throw it away. With perseverance and devotion. I got used to talking to other delegations naturally. Although I didn't win any awards, the chairman praised me at the closing ceremony for my excellent performance. That made me feel really proud.This trip brought me unforgettable and valuable experiences that will benefit me forever. （1）What is the main purpose of the author's going to America?A. To see some places of interest.B. To visit some well-known universities.C. To attend a competition at a university.D. To learn about the cultural diversity there.（2）How did the author feel when he/she saw the cultural diversity of the US?A. Regretful.B. Amazed.C. Peaceful.D. Confident.（3）What is the author's wish in the future?A. To work for the United Nations.B. To tour more countries in the world.C. To have a job in the United States.D. To study in the famous universities in America.（4）Why did the author feel proud?A. He won an award in the competition.B. He was praised by the chairman.C. He could persuade others to accept his opinions.D. He could speak English well at the conference.【答案】（1）C（2）B（3）D（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者去美国参加在一所大学里举行的比赛，对美国文化的多元化感到惊讶。
2016高考英语唐山市路南区阅读短文复习单词暑假练习(6)及答案
阅读理解。
“Experience may possibly be the best teacher, but it is not a particularly good teacher.” You might think that Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words, but they actually come from James March, a professor at Stanford University and a pioneer in the field of organization decision making. For years March( possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has studied how humans think and act, and he continues to do so in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience.He begins by reminding us of just how firmly we have been sticking to the idea of experiential learning :“Experience is respected；experience is sought；experience is explained.” The problem is that learning from experience involves（涉及）serious complications（复杂化），ones that are part of the nature of experience itself and which March discusses in the body of this book.In one interesting part of book，for example，he turns a double eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential learning. He says “The more accurate ly （精确的）reality is presented，the less understandable the story，and the more understandable the story, the less realistic it is.”Besides being a broadly knowledgeable researcher. March is also a poet, and his gift shines though in the depth of views he offers and the simple language he uses. Though the book is short, it is demanding；Don’t pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to think deeply about learning from experience in work and life. ( ) 1. According to the text, James March is ____________.A. a poet who uses experience in his writingB. a teacher who teachers story writing in universityC. a researcher who studies the way humans think and actD. a professor who helps organizations make important decisions( ) 2. According to James March, experience ______________.A. is overvaluedB. is easy to explainC. should be actively soughtD. should be inactively sought( ) 3. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?A. Experience makes stories more accurate.B. Stories made interesting fail to fully present the truth.C. The use of stories is the best way of experiential learning.D. Stories are easier to understand when reality is more accurately described.( ) 4.What’s the purpose of this text?A. To introduce a book.B. To describe a researcher.C. To explain experiential learning.D. To discuss organizational decision making.【答案与解析】【要点综述】文章介绍了James March所著的一本名为The Ambiguities of Experience书。
高考英语一轮复习 阅读类暑假选练(6)高三全册英语试题
入舵市安恙阳光实验学校辽宁2017高考英语阅读类暑假选练（6）完形填空【2013·高中毕业班复习教学质量检测二】A little boy always thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world because a disease made him lame.He __1__played with his classmates.When the teacher asked him to answer questions，healways__2__his head without a word.One__3__，the boy’s father asked for some saplings (树苗) from the neighbor.He wanted the__4__to plant a sapling each person in front of the house.The father said，“Whose sapling grows best，I will buy him or her a favorite__5__.” Seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees，the boy had an idea.He hoped that the tree he planted would__6___ soon.So，after watering it once or twice，he never__7__it.A few days later，when the little boy went to see his tree again，he was__8__to find that it didn’t fade but grew some fresh leaves.__9__the trees of his brothers and sisters，his tree was even greener.His father kept his__10__，bought the little boy his favorite gift and said that from the tree he planted，he would become an outstanding __11__when he grew up.Since then，the little boy slowly became__12__.One night，he lay on the bed but couldn’t fall asleep.Then he got up and came to the__13__.To his surprise，his__14__was splashing something onto his tree.__15__，he understood his father had been __16__fertilizing his small tree！He returned to his room，__17__running down.__18__passed.The little boy didn’t become a botanist，but he was elected President of the United States.His name was Franklin Roosevelt. Love is the__19__nourishment (营养) of life.__20__it is just a drop of clear water，it can still help the tree thrive (茁壮成长)．1.A．bravely B．seldomC．freely D．always2．A.raised B．noddedC．lowered D．knocked3．A.spring B．momentC．winter D．week4．A.neighbors B．friendsC．children D．boys5．A.sapling B．treeC．gift D．toy6．A.die B．grow C．break D．survive 7．A.led to B．attended to C．belonged to D．objected to 8．A.pleased B．upset C．worried D．surprised 9．pared with B．Similar to C．Connected to D．Popular with 10．A.request B．schedule C．promise D．goal 11．A.president B．botanist C．artist D．researcher 12．A.smart B．desperate C．optimistic D．practical 13．A.field B．courtyard C．park D．farm 14．A.brother B．sister C．father D．neighbor 15．A.All of a sudden B．For a momentC．In time D．From then on16．A.busily B．quietlyC．cautiously D．secretly17．A.water B．tearsC．sweat D．rain18．A.Hours B．MonthsC．Decades D．Centuries19．st B．onlyC．least D．best20．A.Even if B．Now thatC．If only D．What if语篇解读一个小男孩由于腿部残疾整天意志消沉，父亲为了帮助他树立自信心，让兄弟姐妹们一起种树，之后父亲偷偷地帮助他，结果他的树长得最好。
高考英语一轮 阅读理解暑假训练题(6) (2)
落堕市安心阳光实验学校2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（暑假）训练题（6）及答案【跟踪演练】（2011·高州长坡中学高三12月月考）Bored? Lonely? Out of condition?Why not try theSPORT CENTER?TENNISIndoor and outdoor courts. Coaching from beginners to advanced, everyday not evenings.Children only-Sat. mornings.SKIINGDry slopes—3 levels instructors at weekends and Fridays. Daytime parcitice. 8 years upwards.SWIMMING2 pools I heated Olympic length. Tuition available.Women: Tuesday and Thursday.Men: Monday, Wednesday and Friday.Children: SaturdayFamily day: Sunday GOLF9 hole practice course. Professional Coaching. Lessons must be booked in advance in daytime. Evening practice. Minimum age — 9 years. GYMNASTICSMaximum age—18 years. Children aged 5—10. Monday and Wednesdays. 4:00—6:00 p.m. 10—18 year-old. Friday evenings. Bar work on Sunday mornings.AND MUCH MORETable Tennis, Snooker, Darts（标枪）, Chess（everyday and evening）, Café（all day），Bar（lunch time and evenings）, Nursery（weekdays and weekends, not evenings）. Centre open 10:00 a.m.—10:00 p.m. Daily. Interested? More details inside. Quote Card Number: 99.46．What is this ad mainly about?A．It mainly shows us some ways to spend weekends.B．It mainly shows us a place to relax ourselves.C．It Shows the ways saving our time.D．It shows us a lot of ways to spend our holidays.47．Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?A．People can play tennis day and night.B．Men and women swim in the SPORTS CENTER separately．C．Children at any age can play golf in the SPORTS CENTER．D．People under 20 can all take gymnastics．48．How many sports items are mentioned in the passage?A．5 B．7．C．9．D．12．49．Where can we find this ad in your opinion?A．In a company．B．In a restaurant．C．In a park D．On a newspaper．1、参考答案-----------BBCD************************************************************结束CBarack Obama makes his first trip to Asia as president this week, leaving behind a host of domestic (国内的) problems with the visit that recognizes the region’s economic and diplomatic importance. “Obama”s trip includes stops in Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea, and his message will be simple, says Nicolas Lardy at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. “Well, I think his broadest aim is to co nvince Asians that the United States is fully committed to the region that we have an agenda that’s much broader than they saw over the past eight years of the very heavy focus on anti-terrorism.”Obama’s first stop is Japan, where he meets with the new Pr ime Minister Yukio Hatoyama who has promised to steer a diplomatic course more independent of Washington. While Japan is seen as agetting-to-know-you stop, when Obama heads to the Singapore for the APEC meeting, he will likely face pressure on trade. “Man y Asians are concerned about what US trade policy will be, and they’ve been somewhat alarmed by the fact that the president really hasn’t set out very much revision for what US trade policy is in his administration.”But the critical leg of the trip will come in China, his third stop where Obama will have to navigate the complex relationship with the country that is the largest holder of US debt. “As you say, you know, if you owe the bank one dollar, it’s your problem, if you owe the bank, you know, 3 milli on dollars, it’s the bank’s problem, so it’s similar with China. I mean they have no interest in trying to use the influence with us, because eventually, they’re the one that they own all those dollars.”Also on the table will be North Korea and Iran’s nuc lear ambitions as well as cooperation on Afghanistan.With Obama enjoying sky high popularity level in the countries he is visiting, detailed results may be beside the point, given that Obama is still in his first year in office, analysts say this trip is mostly about laying the ground work for the future.59、From the second paragraph, we can infer that .A．Japan has not been the closest friend of AmericaB．Japan and Singapore will give America some pressure on trade C．Japan is concerned about what US trade policy will beD．Japan decides not to rely on America too much60、What can you infer about China’s relation with America in the third paragraph?A．China will sell all its shares in US national debt.B．It will hurt China if the value of the dollar falls.C．China will not be the largest debt holder of US.D．China is US’ s overseas bank where US can borrow money.61、The author develops the passage mainly .A．by examples B．by cause and effectC．by comparison D．by order in time59 D 60 B 61 D***********************************************************结束DThere is one type of illness in the world that affects more people than anything else and is very deadly. If untreated this illness could affect everything you do. What is this illness? Depression. Serious depression requires professional treatment. Self-induced depression is something each of us can change.Everyone's circumstances are different, but the causes ofself-induced depression are common: low self-esteem, hurtful thinking and a bad attitude.So how can we change the way we think, feel, and cultivate a cheerful attitude?First we must look at ourselves, truly and honestly examining our motives for what we wish to achieve. If you are dissatisfied because you feel you haven't or can't do anything, then one step is needed - to set goals.Always start your goals relatively small and easy to attain. Think of them as sand; one grain may be insignificant but as a group they form the beach. Once you have set and attained small goals for yourself, move on to slightly larger, more challenging goals.It takes more than just setting goals to be happy. It takes positive thinking. How can we attain this?There are a number of factors that can make us think negatively and one of those is diet.In my opinion, a person who eats a lot of take out and fast food is feeding their body junk. Start by eating better foods which give the body much NEEDED minerals. If your physical body is happy, it's much easier for your mental body or "thinking ability" to be happy.Next, exercise. A half-hour a day is recommended for positive well being. Then think about good memories you had, or generally think of things that make you smile. Remember, everything you wear costs money but to wear a smile is free. A smile can be the difference between an average day and a great day.If you follow these steps, positive change is inevitable.62. Which of the statements about depression is TRUE?A.Depression is a kind of illness that can’t be cured like somecancer.B.Depression can all be cured successfully by patients themselves.C.Those who suffer from depression feel dissatisfied with themselves.D.Those who suffer from depression live in similar circumstances.63.According to the passage we can learn that ____________.A. a practical goal can help people to achieve a sense of successB.we shouldn’t be satisfied with small goals that are insignificantC.we should avoid challenging goals that may lead to failureD.people can enjoy happiness only if they set reasonable goals64.In order to achieve positive thinking a person should do these thingsEXCEPT____________.A. set challenging goalsB. eat healthier foodsC. exercise half an hour a dayD. always wear a smile65. What’s the passage mainly about?A. To prove the argument that depression can be changed.B. To analyze the danger depression can bring to people.C. To introduce to readers how to keep positive thinking.D. To recommend some ways to deal with depression.62 C 63 A 64 A 65 D*********************************************************结束EBeauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier，have better marriages and have more respectable occupations. Personal consultants give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants(被告)．But in the executive circle，beauty can become a liability.While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder，it is harmful to a woman.Handsome male executives were thought as having more integrity than plainer men；effort and ability were thought to account for their success.Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than unattractive ones；their success was attributed not to ability but to factors such as luck.All unattractive women executives were thought to have more integrity and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly，though，the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was attributed more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of attractive overnight successes.Why are attractive women not thought to be able？An attractive woman is thought to be more feminine and an attractive man more masculine(有男子气概的)than the less attractive ones. Thus，an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs，but an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine position appears to lack the “masculine” qualities required.This is true even in politics. “When the only clue is how he or she looks，people treat men and women differently，”says Anne Bowman，who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs，one of men and one of women，in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again，in the order they would vote for them.The results showed that attractive males utterly defeated unattractive men，but the women who had been ranked most attractive invariably received the fewest votes.66．The underlined word “liability”(in Para.1)most probably means “________”．A．misfortune B．instability C．disadvantage D．burden67．In traditionally female jobs，attractiveness________.A．reinforces(加强)the feminine qualities requiredB．makes women look more honest and capableC．is of primary importance to womenD．often enables women to succeed quickly68．Bowman's experiment reveals that when it comes to politics，attractiveness________.A．turns out to be an obstacle to menB．affects men and women alikeC．has as little effect on men as on womenD．is more of an obstacle than a benefit to women69．It can be inferred from the passage that people's views on beauty are often________.A．practical B．prejudiced C．oldfashioned D．pessimistic70．The author writes this passage to________.A．demand equal rights for womenB．emphasize the importance of appearanceC．discuss the negative aspects of being attractiveD．give advice to jobseekers who are attractive参考答案66．C 67．A 68．D 69．B 70．C**********************************************************结束。
高中英语真题-高考英语完形填空暑假学生自练(6)
高中英语真题:高考英语完形填空暑假学生自练（6）【2014唐山一中调研考试（二）】完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A teacher teaching maths to seven-year-old Laiq asked him, “If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”Within a few seconds, Laiq 36 confidently, “Four!”The confused teacher was expecting a(n) 37 correct answ er, three. She was disappointed. “Maybe the child did not listen 38 ” she thought. She 39 “Laiq, listen carefully. If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”Laiq had seen the 40 on his t eacher’s face. He 41 again on his fingers. But within him he was also 42 the answer that would make the teacher happy. This time hesitatingly he replied, “Four.”The disappointment stayed on the teacher’s face. Suddenly s he 43 that Laiq liked strawberries. She thought maybe he didn’t like applesand that was why he couldn’t answer the question. This time wit h an excitement in her 44 she asked, “If I give you one straw berry and one strawberry and one strawberry, then how many y ou will ha ve?”Seeing the teacher 45 , young Laiq calculated on his finger s again. There was no pressure on him, but a little on the teach er. She wanted her new 46 to succeed. 47 a hesitating sm ile young Laiq replied, “Three?”The teacher now had a 48 smile. Her approach had succe eded. She wanted to 49 herself. But one last thing remained.50 she asked him, “Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple how many will you have?”Confidently Laiq answered, “Four!” The teacher was 51 , “H ow Laiq, how?” she demanded in a little impatient voice.In a voice that was 52 and hesitating young Laiq replied, “Because I already have one 53 in my bag.”The story tells us: 54 someone gives you an answer that i s 55 from what you expect, don’t think they are wrong. There shall be an angle that you may not have thought about yet.36. A. told B. added C. replied D. wrote37. A. worthless B. effortless C. careless D. selfless38. A. possibly B. actively C. attentivelyD. strictly39. A. repeated B. ordered C. whisperedD. complained40. A. satisfaction B. disappointmentC. punishment D．determination41. A. recognized B. discovered C. calculatedD. insistedA. searching forB. waiting forC. arguing aboutD. talking aboutA. decidedB. noticedC. expressedD. rememberedA. eyesB. handsC. mouthD. nose A. sad B. happy C. pitiful D. lovelyA. inventionB. systemC. reformD. approachA. OnB. InC. WithD. By A. victorious B. preciousC. lastingD. appealingA. thankB. congratulateC. helpD. enjoy A. Above all B. In vain C. On purposeD. Once againA. annoyedB. concernedC. amusedD. relaxedA. highB. lowC. easyD. clear A. strawberry B. apple C. coin D. boxA. BeforeB. AfterC. UntilD. WhenA. absentB. freeC. differentD. safe 【参考答案】36-40 C B C A B 41-45C A D A B 46-50 D C A B D 51-55 A B B D C【2014四川省资阳市第一次诊断性考试】完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
河北省唐山市丰南区高考英语暑假阅读理解选练(4)
河北省唐山市丰南区2016高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（4）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
As I grew older, my dad and 1 grew further apart. We always had totally different opinions. He thought that college was a waste of time, but for me it was important to finish college. He wanted me to work my way to the top as he had done in his field，but I wanted a different life. There was a time when we did not talk with each other.A few months ago, I heard that my 84-year-old dad was in poor health. When he called and asked whether I could move from Colorado bank to Tennessee to help him,I knew he was seriously ill. I am his only child and so it was time to meet my father's requirement.Two weeks after moving back，we bought a boat and started fishing again. Fishing was one of the few things that we did while 1 was young and that we both enjoyed. It is strange but true that as we are fishing we are able to put things that have kept us apart for so many years behind us. We are able to talk about things that we have never talked about before. Fishing has heen healing the old wounds that have kept us apart.It is not important how many fish we catch. It is about enjoying the relationship that we have not had for years. I' m 62 and he is 84. When we are on the lake fishing, it is like enjoying life. It is far better to find a way to put the unhappy past behind.I am so lucky to spend the happy time with my father in his last years.Now my heart is filled with love. A smile always graces my lips.1. The author and his father became further apart becauseA. they lived very far from each otherB. they seldom went see each otherC. they only communnicated by phoneD. they had different views on things2. Why did the author came back to Tennessee?A. Because his father invited him tg ga $shire.B. Because he decided to live in a different city.C. Because his father was ill and needed caring.D. Because he regretted being rude to his father.3.For the author, fishing with his old fatherA. help cure his father’s di seaseB. makes him realize the importance of relaxationC. is a good way to get close to natureD. provides a chance for them to communicate4. Which of the following can be the title for the text?A.Fishing Brings Us TogetherB. Forgiving Is DifficultC.Memories of Old DaysD. My Beloved Father【参考答案】1--4、DCDD【2012广东省深圳高级中学】One of Britain’s bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected (可疑的) police killer David Bieber—and was thanked with flowers by the police. It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to the ￡30,000 reward money.She said: “I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there. ”The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious of the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year’s Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face. She said: “He didn’t seem to want to talk too much and make an y eye contact. ” Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her boss Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 pm.Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man. Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes.“It was about ten past two in the morning when th e phone went again and a policeman said ’Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?’ My heartmissed a beat. ”Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key.“I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel, so I went to watch. I could not see into the man’s room, but I could see the passage. The police kept shouting at the man to come out with his hands showing. Then suddenly he must have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed (带上手铐). ”41. The underlined phrase “be in line for” (paragraph 1) means ___________.A. getB. be paidC. ask forD. own42. Vicki became suspicious of David Bieber because ___________.A. the police called herB. he looked very strangeC. he came to the hotel with little luggageD. he came to the hotel the day before New Year’s Eve43. Vicki’s heart missed a beat because _________.A. the phone went againB. she would be famousC. the policemen had already arrivedD. she saw 20 policemen in the car park44. David Bieber was most probably handcuffed in__________.A. the passageB. the man’s roomC. Vicki’s bedroomD. the top floor room45. The whole event probably lasted about __________ hours from the moment Bieber came to the hotel to the arrival of some armed officers.A. 6B. 8C.11 D. 14【参考答案】41—45 ABCAC【陕西省咸阳市2014高考英语模拟考试】从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
河北省唐山市丰南区2020高考英语暑假阅读理解选练(10)
河北省唐山市丰南区2016高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（10）阅读理解。
阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
Healthy Habits，Healthy BodyFeeling tired lately？Has a doctor said he can’t find anything wrong with you？Perhaps he sent you to a hospital，but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong with you.Then，consider this：you might be in a state of subhealth(亚健康)．Subhealth，also called the third state or gray state，isexplained as a borderline state between health and disease.According to the investigation (调查) by the National HealthOrganization，over 45 percent of subhealthy people aremiddleaged or elderly.The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam time.Symptoms (征兆) include a lack of energy，depression (压抑)，slow reactions，insomnia (失眠)，agitation (焦虑)，and poor memory.Other symptoms include shortness of breath，sweating and aching in the waist and legs.The key to preventing and recovering from subhealth，according to some medical experts，is to form good living habits，alternate work and rest，exercise regularly，and take part in openair activities.As for meals，people are advised to eat less salt and sugar.They should eat more fresh vegetables，fruit and fish because they are rich in nutritional (营养的) elements—vitamins and trace elements (微量元素)—that are important to the body.Nutrition experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract (消化道)．They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding subhealth.【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了亚健康的症状及应对策略。
2022唐山市路北区高考英语短文阅读类暑假选练(6)及答案
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have. I mean, he had a head, two arms and two legs, just like the rest of us. About nine o’clock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers, one of the older boys, what it was that made this Elvis guy so special. He told me that it was Elvis’ wavy hair and the way he moved his body.About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage（孤儿院）were called to the main dining-room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville, Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a hair cut.That is when I got this big idea, which hit me like a ton of bricks.If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret, the n that’s what I was going to get.All the way to town I told everybody, including the matron（女管家）from the orphanage who was taking us to town, that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day, just like him.When I got my new Buster Brown shoes, I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Buster Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis.We finally arrived at the big barber shop, where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans（孤儿). I looked at the barber and said, “I want an Elvis hair cut. Can you make my hair like Elvis?” I asked him, with a big smile on my face. “Let’s just see what we can do for you, little man,” he said. I was so happy when he started to cut my hair. Just as he started to cut my hair, the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing. She whispered something into his ear and then he sho ok his head, like he was telling her “No”. Then he told me they were not allowed to give us Elvis hair cuts. Then I saw my hair falling onto the floor.1.In the author’s eyes, Elvis Presley was _________.A. disgustingB. admirableC. ambitiousD. dynamic2. From the passage, we can know that _________.A. Buster Brown was more appealing than Elvis PresleyB. An Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of moneyC. The author was fascinated with the stars Buster and ElvisD. The barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut3. We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was _________.A. excited to have an Elvis hair cutB. worried to think about the secretC. anxious to remove the ton of bricksD. careful to seize the chance4. How would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop?A. Delighted.B. Guilty.C. Self-satisfied.D. Depressed.【参考答案】1—4、BCAD阅读理解。
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河北省唐山市丰南区2016高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（6）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A study has showed that the brain makes decisions about 10 seconds before a person realizes it.Experts involved in the study said that looking at brain activity while making a decision, they could predict the choices the subjects would make, before they realized that they had made a decision. Lead researcher John-Dylan Haynes, a neuroscientist (神经学家)at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, said that the new findings called into questions for “consciousness”of decisions that people make, and might even challenge ideas as to how“free”people are to make a decision at a particular moment.“We think our decisions are conscious, but these data show that consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg,”Nature magazine quoted (引用) him as saying. Thinking the results“quite dramatic”, Frank Tong of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, said that 10 seconds is“a lifetime”in terms of brain activity.During the study, the brains of 14 volunteers were imaged as they performed a decision-making task. The subjects had two buttons before them, each to be operated by a different hand, which they could press when they felt the urge to. They were simultaneously (同时地)shown a stream of letters, which appeared on a screen at half-second intervals (间隔). The volunteers had to remember which letter was showing when they decided to press their button.Upon analysis of the data, the researchers realized that the earliest signal they could catch started seven seconds before the volunteers reported having made their decision. Given the delay of a few seconds in the imaging, they reckoned (估计) that the brain activity could have begun about ten seconds before the conscious decision. The researchers showed that the signals were picked up from a region (区域)calledthe frontopolar cortex (脑额极皮层), which is located at the front of the brain, immediately behind the forehead.While writing about the observations made during the research in his study report, Haynes said that the frontopolar cortex might be the brain region where decisions are started. He also showed that the next step in the research would be to speed up the data analysis so as to enable his team to predict people’s ch oices as their brains would make them.1. The passage tells us that ______.A. we are aware of our whole process of decision-makingB. people don’t make decisions until they realize itC. experts have no way to tell what decision one will makeD. the decision-making process starts before it is made2. The underlined word “subjects”in Para. 2 probably refers to ______.A. the topic of the experts’ research paperB. the scientific subjects that the experts were studyingC. the things that experts don’t know clearlyD. the volunteers that the experts worked on for their research3. The underlined sentence“consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg”in Para.4 means that ______.A. our decision-making is consciousB. the data contains a lot of information besides consciousnessC. consciousness is the major part of the dataD. 10 se conds is“a lifetime”in terms of brain activity4. The final purpose of the research ______.A. is not stated clearly in the passageB. is not acknowledged by expertsC. is to show where decision-making startsD. is to analyze the data picked up5. The passage implies that ______.A. the research has been completedB. the research was conducted by two expertsC. the decision-making process lasts only about 10 secondsD. we may predict what decisions people will make in the future【参考答案】1—4、DDBA【2014高考英语广东省佛山市质测试题】If you hear the sound of a mobile phone beeping in a bag or pocket, you could be forgiven for thinking that someone has received a text message. But nowadays there are so many different ways of messaging someone that it could spell the death of the traditional text as we know it.Text messaging, or texting, is the art of sending a short, electronic message between two mobile phones or tablets(平板电脑)． But in the last few years, messaging in this manner has been on the decline.The rise of smartphones and tablets has seen an increase in the use of instant messaging apps(应用程序)， which offer a cheap alternative to conventional texts.Using wireless internet connections or mobile data networks, people can send limitless numbers of instant messages to their friends for very little cost. Unlike traditional mobile texts, the user usually only has to pay to download the app once, after which each message they send is free.Web developers soon got the message. Instant messaging apps have become popular all over the world. WhatsApp in America and Europe, WeChat in China and KakaoTalk in South Korea are but a few which have attracted hundreds of millions of people, who use the apps to chat to their friends in real time. These apps allow people to send picture messages for free-something which previously was quite costly.Research firm Informa said that almost 19 billion messages were sent per day using chat apps in 2012, compared with 17.6 billion SMS(short message service) texts. And it expects the chat app market to grow t0 50 billion per day by 2014. So does this really mean the end for communication by text? Pamela Clark-Dickson from Informa doesn't think so. She says that there are a considerable number of people who use normal mobile phones, particularly in developing countries, who prefer the SMS messaging tool: "They don't have mobile data plans, so there is an awfully big base of mobile phone users who are still going to find that SMS is the best messaging experience for them for a while."31. When you hear a mobile phone beeping, it means that _____.A. you will be forgiven for your mistakesB. someone has got a text messageC. the traditional text has disappearedD. someone has got some kind of message32. Why has text messaging been on the decline in recent years?A. Because sending text messages is an art.B. Because there are too many tablets nowadays.C. Because instant messaging is much cheaper.D. Because it doesn't need internet connections.33. What does the underlined part "got the message" probably mean?A. knew what people likedB. received instant messagesC. became very popularD. used the apps to chat34. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. People won't use communication by text someday.B. People in developing countries are considerate.C. People don't use smart phones in developing countries.D. People can use SMS without any mobile data plans.35. What is best title for the passage?A. SMS TextsB. Smart PhonesC. Trends in MessagingD. Instant Message Apps【参考答案】DCADC【浙江省2014高考英语模拟冲刺卷】单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）从A、B、C和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处地最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。