高中英语阅读强化训练(二)(含答案解析)

高中英语阅读强化训练(二)

Ⅰ阅读理解

Women have been making scientific discoveries since ancient times.Twelve women have won the Nobel Prize for Science，one of the highest honors in the world.Some women scientists never married，some worked with their husbands，and others raised large families.It has been difficult for women to be successful scientists.

In the early 1800s in England，Mary Anning became one of the first women recognized for her discoveries about the ancient history of the earth.Mary and her father collected fossils(化石) in their village on the south coast of Great Britain.Fossils are parts of plants or animals that have been saved in rocks for millions of years.

When she was only twelve years old，Mary became the first person to find the almost complete skeletons(骨架) of several animals that no longer existed on the earth.She didn’t become famous for her discoveries at that time because she often sold her fossils to get money to support her family.

In 1891，a young Polish woman named Marie Sklodowska traveled to Paris to study physics.She did so because she could not get a college education in Poland.She began working in the laboratory of a man named Pierre Curie.Marie and Pierre Curie got married and made many discoveries together.They received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 along with another scientist.Marie Curie became the first person to be awarded a second Nobel Prize in 1911，this time for Chemistry.Marie Curie was one of the few women at the time who became famous as a scientist.

【解题导语】自古代以来女性就在科学领域做出了巨大发现，并获得了诺贝尔奖，让我们了解其中的一部分吧。

1．The author believes that women scientists ________．

A．have more opportunities to become successful

B．can not get the highest honors in the world

C．go through difficulties to be successful

D．had better pay more attention to their families

C解析：细节理解题。由第一段最后一句It has been difficult for women to be successful scientists.可知。

2．Mary Anning was one of the first women to ________．

A．win the Nobel Prize for Science after getting married

B．make achievements in the study of ancient earth

C．research animals and their bones

D．study the mystery of all kinds of plants

B解析：细节理解题。由第二段．..for her discoveries about the ancient history of the earth 可知。

3．What can we learn about Marie Curie?

A．She studied physics in Poland and got a college education.

B．She received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 on her own.

C．She only got one Nobel Prize during her lifetime.

D．She made many discoveries after she got married.

D解析：推理判断题。由最后一段Marie and Pierre Curie got married and made many discoveries together.可知。

4．What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Ancient discoveries.

B．Women scientists.

C．Successful marriages.

D．Different prizes.

B解析：主旨大意题。由主题段落第一段可知，作者主要讲述成功的女科学家的事迹，后文中的例子也有体现。

Ⅱ完形填空

I went to Frankfurt for a conference last spring. It was just a one­day __1__，but I thought I’d __2__ for a night so I could do a bit of sightseeing. Anyway, I __3__ early on a Friday morning flight and got there a couple of hours later. It was __4__ that a friend was waiting to pick me up. We took a taxi to the __5__ and she showed me around. She had to get back to her __6__ soon after that since it was a workday, so we said __7__．

It was still early, so I thought I’d look around a bit __8__ checking into the hotel. Then I walked through the city centre __9__. Around 1 p．m., I had a sandwich and then __10__ I ought to get over to the hotel. I followed the __11__ I’d printed off to where the hotel should have been, but when I __12__ there, there was a sign on the door that said it was __13__. I’d boo ked it a few months earlier, but it seemed to have closed down since then. __14__，I’d already paid half the money up front. I __15__ to get into another hotel, but __16__ all the other hotels in the area were full. After about three hours of __17__，I decided that I’d had enough so I __18__ my friend and told her what had happened. She was very __19__ and agreed to put me up for the night. I slept on