高一英语阅读理解练习及答案
高一英语阅读理解专练
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When many people are worried that there are no more heroes in the modern era , two university students who lost their lives to rescue drowning children have shown that heroes still exist （存在）According to the Inner Mongolia Morning Post , the tragedy （悲剧）occurred on the afternoon of December 14,2002 when three school students skating on a frozen lake in Qingcheng Park in Hohhot fell through the ice into the freezing water .
More than 20 university students who happened to be near the spot immediately went to the rescue of the children Two children were quickly rescued , but the third died . The child's body was not found for three hours. Two of the rescuers , Liu Ye and Hao Longbiao , also died of cold and exhaustion （筋疲力尽）.The body of Hao who took the lead in jumping into the lake was not found until the next day . A student who was unwilling to tell his name said he and his classmates from the local college were taking photos at the lake . When they heard the children's cries for help , they went to the ice hole hand in hand to rescue the children . But the ice kept breaking , causing most of them to fall into the icy water .
Local residents held mourning ceremonies （祭奠仪式）at the lake.
Eight of the students were seriously affected by the freezing water and were being kept in hospital for further observation , but their lives were no longer in danger .
1. The underlined word " occurred " he re means ”."
A. employed
B. mixed
C. guided
D. happened
2. When the three students fell into water , the university students were .
A. skating on the ice
B. taking photos at the lake
C. having a picnic
D. walking along the lake
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?
A. Three students died on the same day in all .
B. Hao Longbiao ' s body was found on December 14,2002
C. The university students didn ' t think it dangerous to save the drowning children in the lake
D. Local residents were not brave in face of danger .
4. It can be inferred that .
A. people think little of the two university students' death
B. the ice on the lake wasn't strong enough to skate on
C. some students regretted for what they had done
D. heroes don't agree with the steps of modern times
5. The author wrote the passage to .
A. warn people of the danger of skating on ice
B. call on people to learn from the brave university students
C. tell us a tragedy
D. advise university students to cherish （珍惜）their lives
B
No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon （夕卜科医生）and part of it taken out. Today, however, we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation . The sick person falls into a kind of sleep , and when he awakes, the operation is finished . But these happy conditions are fairly new . It is not many years since a man who had
to have operation felt all its pain.
Long ago , operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything . The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him. He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off , and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched.
Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called " lagihing gasLaughing gas became known in America . Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing , but one man at a party, Horace Wells, noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas . He decided to make an experiment on himself. He asked a friend to help him .
Wells took some of the gas, and his friend pulled out one of Well . Wells seteeith pain at all．
As he didn't know enough about laughing gas, he gave a man less gas than he should have The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out ．
Wells tried again , but this time he gave too much of the gas , and the man died. Wells never forgot this terrible event ．
6. It is since a man being operated felt all the pain .
A. a few more years
B. not long
C. few years
D. two thousand years
7. Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he.
A. could feel nothing
B. could not want anything
C. could feel all the pain
D. could do anything
8. Using the laughing gas , the people did not seem to .
A. he afraid of anything
B. feel pain
C. want to go to the parties
D. be ill
9. If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on , he —
A. felt nothing
B. felt very comfortable （舒服的）
C . still felt pain D. would die
10. One who took too much of the laughing gas .
A. would laugh all the time
B. would die
C. would never feel pain
D. would be very calm
Keys: 1 — 5 DBABB 6- 10 BCBCB
C
"The more you learn, the more you earn, " said the pop singer Cyndi Lauper as she accepted her
high school diploma（证书）,at the age of 35 ! Although Cyndi made it without a high school degree, most people don't. In the USA today, about 75% of jobs need some education or technical training further than high school. The lowest wage earners in the USA are those without high school degrees; college graduates（毕业生）outearn those without a college education. People with master's degrees （硕士学位）outearn those with only a bachelor （学士学位）;and the highest incomes of all are earned by people with advanced professional or academic degrees. These generalizations explain why most of young Americans go to college. However, despite the averages, more diplomas don't always mean more money. Many skilled blue-collar workers, salespeople business executives, and entrepreneurs outearn college professors and scientific researchers. And great athletes and entertainers outearn everyone else!
11. Cyndi Lauper.
A. had been studying in high school before she was thirty-five
B. wasn't clever because she graduated from high school too late
C. got her high school diploma when she was already thirty-five
D. didn't like studying
12. According to the passage,.
A. high school diploma and high school degree are the same thing
B. people can't get both high school diploma and degree
C. people must get both high school diploma and degree
D. people can get both high school diploma and degree or either
13. Why do most American young people go to college?
A. Because their parents force them to go to college.
B. Because they can't get a job if they don't go to college.
C. Because the situation of the society make them go to college.
D. Because they like studying.
14. What may the word "outearn " mean?
A. Earning more money.
B. Earning less money.
C. Earning no money.
D. Working better.
15. Which of the following is right?
A. If you don't have a diploma, you can't earn money.
B. Those who have diplomas always earn more money than those who don't have diplomas.
C. Less diplomas always mean less money.
D. Great athletes may earn more money than other people.
D
Roosevelt ' s active and clever mind helped him greatly through periods of his illness. As soon as he could sit up, he worked on his stamp collection, began to write a history of the United States and a book about John Paul Jones— a navy hero. He was also ready to try anything that might help him to get well. A member of his family tells the following: Roosevelt got a great deal of physical exercise later simply by crawling around on the floor. Although now over forty, he spent hours crawling around his library floor like a child. Then he decided to learn how to go up the stairs by himself. Day after day he would pull himself up the stairs by the power of his hands and arms. He insisted that his family and friends watch him and talk with him, to give the impression that what he was doing an everyday routine （例行的）action.
16. From this passage we know that Roosevelt.
A. was good at sports
B. couldn ' t sit up
C. was a stamp collector
D. was once seriously ill
17. John Paul Jones was.
A. the man who was ready to help Roosevelt
B. the writer of the passage
C. of the membersof Roosevelt ' s family
D. a hero in the navy
18. Roosevelt liked.
A. crawling on the floor
B. reading and writing
C. physical exercise
D.climbing stairs
19. Roosevelt had a lot of exercise in order to.
A. get praised by his friends and family members
B. tell his friends he was healthy
C. get well again
D. show he was active and clever
20. After a period of exercise. Roosevelt.
A. could walk up the stairs with the help of others
B. could crawl upstairs with his feet
C. could get upstairs without anybody to help him
D. could stand up and walk for a while
Key:11--15C D C A D 16--20 D D B C C
E
Joker found one of the biggest diamonds in the world in his own back yard. He sold the stone to a diamond dealer for over three hundred thousand dollars. In New York, the diamond was resold. This time for almost eight hundred thousand dollars. The true value of a diamond is never known until it has been cut. Once cut successfully, its value can incr ease a thousand times. It ' s easy to
understand why the owner of the Joker diamond went to the best diamond cutter he knew, Kaplan.
The cutter studied the diamond for twelve whole months.
When he felt he was ready to start work, he discovered a flaw （壬艮疵）.He had to begin with his calculations （计算）all over again, or he might have made the stone useless. Six more months passed, and Kaplan finally said to the owner, " Iam ready to start my work. There will be one excellent diamond that will be comparable to any in the world, plus eleven small diamonds of first- class quality. " Kaplan waited a few more days until be felt he was in the best physical and mental （精神的）condition possible. He picked up his tools and held his breath as he made the first blow. The diamond split （切开）exactly as he promised.
21. Joker found one of the biggest diamonds in the world.
A. in a minute
B. at the foot of a big mountain
C. in his own backyard
D. in a garage
22. A diamond dealer is a person _____ ,
A. in the diamond business
B. who stores diamonds
C. who cuts diamonds
D. who sells diamonds
23. When the diamond was resold,.
A. the dealer lost a lot of money
B. Joker made some more money
C. the dealer got 800,000 dollars
D. Kaplan got 800,000 dollars
24. The owner of the diamond thought that if the diamond was cut successfully it might be worth.
A. $300,000
B. $500, 000
C. $300, 000,000
D. $800, 000, 000
25. Kaplan studied the diamond for.
A. one and a half years
B. more than half a year
C. over eighteen months
D. more than nineteen months
Key:21 ?25 CACDC
F
The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments — outside the jeweller s before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be
bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him he' d better buy a necklace. He wasn ' t used to
buying jewellery and was a little worried about over-spending. After some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o ' clock. When, half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted when he got married.
26. A good title for this passage is.
A. A Clever Assistant
B. Buying a Birthday Present
C. How to Choose a Necklace
D. A Brave Young Man
27. The word " overspending " in this passage means.
A. spending too much money
B. spending too much time
C. spending more time than he planned
D. spending too much time and too much money
28. When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face ______ .
A. turned pale
B. turned red
C. turned yellow
D. turned black
29. James and Laura reached the shop at
A. 4:30
B.5:00
C.5:30
D.6:00
30. James would come back to buy what he wanted because ______ .
A. the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy things
B. the necklace was good
C. Laura liked the necklace
D. the assistant who served James was very beautiful
Keys:26-30 AABCA
The Chinese invented paper in 105 A. D. They mixed the bark of a tree and rags （破布）with water, put a screen into the mixture, and lifted out a thin piece of wet paper. They dried the paper in the sun.
The Chinese kept their secret of how to make paper until a war with Muslims in the ninth century. The art of papermaking soon spread throughout the Muslim world.
The Mayan Indians in Central America and Pacific Islanders also discovered how to make paper, but their knowledge never spread lo the rest of the world.
For centuries, all paper was made by hand. Rags were the main material. Then a French scientist discovered that people could make paper from wood, too. Finally, in the eighteenth century. a Frenchman invented a machine to make paper from wood.
31. Who discovered how to make paper?
A. The Chinese.
B. The Pacific Islanders.
C. The Mayan Indians. C. All of the above.
32. When did the Chinese invent paper according to the passage?
A. About 1 ,800 years ago.
B. About 1,900 years ago.
C. About 2, 000 years ago.
D. About 2, 100 years ago.
33. Which of the following is the most important thing that has made it possible for paper making industry to develop so quickly in the last few centuries?
A. New discoveries.
B. New inventions.
C. Hardwork.
D. Science.
34. How was papermaking introduced into the rest of the world from China?
A. Through wars,
B. Through the Muslims.
C. Through the Mayan Indians.
D. Through the Pacific Islanders.
35. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. The Invention of Paper.
B. The History of Papermaking.
C. Different Ways of Making Paper.
D. The Invention of a Papermaking Machine.
H
Before the print was brought to England in 1476, everything was written by hand. The few people who knew how to write were trained in schools set up by the church. Those who made a living by writing for other people were called scribes（抄写员）。
The work of scribes was not easy. Much of it had to be done fast in order to meet the needs of the King. the church and traders. Most of the writing was in Latin（拉丁） ,but some of it was in the English of the day. And no one was quite sure how some English words should be spelled.
One problem was that several letters were written with short vertical strok （竖笔）that all looked like each other. Among them were the letters , i, u, v, m and n, Thus .five straight lines in a row might stand for uni nui uvi or mii.
As a result .reading was sometimes difficult, especially when the writing was done in a hurry.
The scribes solved（食军决）the problem in part, by changing the letter u to o when it came before m. n or v. This is how sum and cum came lo be written as some and come.
At some point, too, the scribes seemed to have decided that no English word should be ended by u or v. Thus, in time an
e was added to such words as live, have, due and true. It was added, but not pronounced.
36. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Everything has been written by hand in English since 1476.
B. More than 500 years ago no people made a living by writing for other people.
C. The church set up schools to train scribes before 1476.
D. Scribes in England worked only for kings and traders.
37. Which of the following is false?
A. Often the scribes had to work with great speed.
B. The spelling of some English words was changed.
D. Some scribes of the day were quite sure about the spelling of many English words.
38. Sometimes people couldn ' t read easily.
A. because there were too many u ' s and v ' s inwondic English
B. because most of the writing was in Latin
C. when the writing was in English
D. When tile writing was done hurriedly
39. The scribes changed u before m to o because
A. the change helped them write faster
B. the change made reading easier
C. um and om had the same pronunciation
D. om was the right order
40. It is believed that some scribes thought
A. it important to add an e to every English word
B. the letter e at the end of any word shouldn't be pronounced
C. it natural to change the spelling of sonic Latin words
D. an English word should be ended neither by n nor by v
I
Man's First real inventions, and one of the most important inventions in history, was the wheel.
All transportation and machine in the world depend on it.
The wheel is the simplest yet but perhaps the most remarkable （值得注意的）of all inventions. Because there are no wheels in nature — no living thing was ever created with wheels. How, then, did man come to invent the wheel? Perhaps some early hunters found that they could roll the carcass （尸体）of a heavy animal through the forest on log more easily than they could carry it. However, the logs themselves weighed a lot.
It must have taken a great prehistoric （史前的）thinker to imagine two thin slices （薄片）of log connected at their centers by a strong stick, this would roll along just as the logs did and axle came into being, and with them the first carts.
41. The wheel is important because _____ .
it was man ' s first real invention
B. all transportation depends on it
C. every machine depends on it
D. both B and C
42. The wheel is called.
A. simple
B. complicated
C. strange
D. unusual
43. It was remarkable of man to invent the wheel because.
it led to many other inventions man had no use for it then
C. there were no wheels in nature
D. all of the above
44. The wheel was probably invented by.
A. a group of early hunters
B. the first men on earth a great prehistoric thinker
D. the man who made the first cart