高二英语阅读理解练习题13
AThe first jazz musicians played in New Orleans during the early 1900’s. After 1917, many of the New Orleans musicians moved to the south side of Chicago, where they continued to play their style of Jazz. Soon Chicage was the new center for jazz.Several out standing musicians appeared as leading jazz artists in Chicago. Daniel Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, born in New Orleans in 1900, was one. Another leading musician was Joseph “King” Oliver, who was also believed with having discovered Armstrong when they were both in New Orleans. While in Chicago, Oliver asked Armstrong, who was in New Orleans, to join his band.In 1923 King Oliver’ Creole Jazz Band made the first important set of recordings by a Black band in the history of jazz. The Red Hot Peppers band led by Jelly Roll Morton and the Hot Five and Hot Seven Bands under Louis Armstrong also made recordings of special note.Although Chicago’s South side was the main jazz center, some musicians in New York were also demanding attention in jazz circles. In 1923 Fletcer Henderson already had a ten-piece band that played jazz. During the early 1930’s, the number of players grew to sixteen, Henderson’s band was considered a leader in what some people have called the Big Band Era.By the 1930’s, big dance bands w ere the rage. Large numbers of people went to ballrooms to dance to jazz music played by big bands.One of the most popular and long a very famous jazz band was the Duke Ellington Band. Edward “Duke” Ellington was born in Washton, D.C, in 1899 and died in New York City in 1974. He studied the piano as a young boy and later began writing original musical compositions.The first of Ellington’s European tours came in 1933. He soon received international fame for his talent as a band leader, composer, and arranger. Ten years later, Ellington began giving annual concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York City. People began to listen to jazz in the same way that they had always listened to classical music.1．What is the main purpose of the passage?A．To compare jazz to other types of music.B．To criticize jazz musicians and their music.C．To describe the careers of important jazz musicians in the 1930’s.D．To trace the development of jazz in the United States.2．It can be inferred from the passage that Louis Armstrong went to Chicago for which of the following reasons?A．to form his own band.B．To learn to play Chicago-style jazz.C．To play in Joseph Oliver’s band.D．To make recordings with the Hot Five.3．According to the passage, which of the following Black bands was the first to make a significant set of jazz recordings?A．The hot Sevsn band. B．Fletcher Henderson’s band.C．The red hot Peppers band. D．King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. 4．The passage supports which of the following conclusions?A．By the 1930’s jazz was appreciated by a wide audience.B．Classical music had a great hit on jazz.C．Jazz was born in New Orleans in the early 19th century.D．Jazz bands were better known in Europe than in the United States. 5．Which of the following cities is NOT mentioned in the passage as a center of Jazz?A．New York B．Washton, D. C C．ChicagoD．New OrleansBA new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating rubbish. When this project is completed, rubbish will be processed(处理) like this: First, it will pass through sharp metal spikes(尖状物) which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids; after that crushers and rollers will break up everything that can be broken. Finally, the rubbish will pass under magnets(磁铁) which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the rubber and plastic will be then sorted out in the final stage.The first full- scale giant recycling plants are, perhaps, years away. But in some big industrial areas, where rubbish has been dumped for so long that there are no holes to fill up with rubbish, these new automatic recycling plants may be built sooner. Indeed, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.6．Crushers and rollers are used to __________-A．remove the sharp metal objects B．reduce items to small piecesC．separate the light elements D．tear open the plastic bags 7．Among the problems big cities are facing, the basic one is that ________.A．there are too many holes B．there is a labor shortageC．moving rubbish to faraway dumps is too costlyD．finding a new way for recycling is difficultCEvery animal is a living radiator(散热器)－heat formed in its cells is given off through its skin. Warm-blooded animals maintain a steady temperature by constantly replacing lost surface heat; smaller animals, which have more skin for every ounce of body weight, must produce heat faster than bigger ones. Because smaller animals burn fuel faster, scientists say that they live faster.The speed at which an animal lives is determined by measuring the rate at which it uses oxygen. A chicken, for example, uses one-half cubic centimeter of oxygen every hour for each gram it weighs. The tiny shrew uses four cubic centimeters of oxygen every hour for each gram it weighs. Because it uses oxygen eight times as fast, it is said that the mouselike shrew is living eight times as fast as the chicken. The smallest of the warm-blooded creatures, the hummingbird, lives a hundred times as fast as an elephant.There is a limit to how small a warm-blooded animal can be. A mammal or bird that weighted only two and a half grams would starve to death. It would burn up its food too rapidly and would not be able to eat fast enough to supply more fuel.8．Warm-blooded animals maintain a steady temperature by ________.A．regulating the amount of heat producedB．storing heat in their body cellsC．controlling the amount of heat given offD．constantly replacing lost surface heat9．The speed at which an animal lives is determined by measuring __________.A．the amount of food it eats B．the rate at which it uses oxygen C．the amount of oxygen it uses D．its body temperature10．The amount of oxygen an animal uses depends on _________.A．its body weight B．the food it eatsC．its general size and shape D．the length of time it lives 11．Form the selection, we can infer that __________.A．the hummingbird lives faster than any other warm-blooded creatureB．there is no limit as to how large a warm-blooded animal can be.C．small animals have less skin for their body weight than large ones .D．the hummingbird is the smallest animal in the world.DChildren have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a referee(裁判) and rarely troubl e to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start, is a game in itself.Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss some one he has caught.It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and, more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win. 12．What is true about children when they play games?A．They can stop playing at any time they like.B．They can test their personal abilities.C．They want to pick a better team.D．They don’t need rules.13．To become a leader in a game the child has to __________.A．play well B．wait for his turnC．be confident in himself D．be popular among his playmates 14．What do we know about grown-ups?A．They are not interested in games.B．They find children’s games easy.C．They don’t need a reas on to play games.D．They don’t understand children’s games.15．Why does a child like playing games?A．Because he can be someone other than himself.B．Because he can become popular among friends.C．Because he finds he is always lucky in games.D．Because he likes the place where he places a game.16．The writer believes that _________.A．children should make better rules for their gamesB．children should invite grown-ups to play with themC．children’s games can do them a lot of goodD．children play games without reasonsEAfter the age of sixteen, the number of brain cells begins to decrease at a speed of several million a year. They simply die off. We know that in certain types of activity, the human brain is at its peak(高峰) in the early twenties, when it has collected enough information to be able to use the vast number of cells freely in the most effective way. Pure mathematics is one of the fields in which this happens, and we know that Albert Einstein made all his world-shaking discoveries between the age of about 20 and 25, and spent the rest of his life tidying them up and arranging them.But in certain other types of activity (of which being an author is perhaps one) experience is more important than sharpness of brain, and there one usually finds that a person reaches his or her peak much later in life.Besides sharpness of brain and experience, here is another thing that is very important; and that is wisdom; one can have a very quick, inventive brain and plenty of experience, but if one uses these foolishly, one harms both oneself and others. Wisdom does not always come with age－there are plenty of foolish middle－aged people about－but the average person tends to learn wisdom as he gets older, usually by making painful of embarrassing mistakes.Leaning to be wise is basically learning what is not possible; and what is possible but so difficult that it is not worth all the trouble one has to go through go get there. Mostly, it is learning about human nature; how real people behave and react, as against how one would like them to behave and react. One can read and hear lot of idealistic stuff(空想的东西) about how to make the world a better place, which would be found if it was based on an accurate (准确) observation of human nature, but which is basically a waste of time because it is not.17．According to the writer, the great discoveries made by Albert Einstein were mainly a result in __________.A．years of hard work B．sharpness of the brainC．rich experience D．his deep understanding of the nuture 18．Some people achieve success much later in life because ______.A.their work often requires much experienceB．they do not have a chance to show their talentC．they have to learn lessons from failuresD．they fail to realize earlier the importance of hard work19．The importance of wisdom lies in the fact that __________.A．it helps to avoid various mistakes B．it contributes to one’s creativityC．it encourages one to go forward in face of difficultyD．it provides the right direction of efforts20．The writer came to believe that ________.A．it is always a waste of time to make plans about the futureB．it is human nature to make attempts on what looks impossibleC．one should always challenge the impossible to push the society forwardD．one has to use wisdom in deciding what is the best thing to do参考答案DCDAB BCDBA AABBA CBADD。
高中英语阅读理解试题及答案
高中英语阅读理解试题及答案高中英语阅读理解试题及答案（通用13篇）高考英语阅读考察的是大家对文章的理解与信息的提取能力，为了帮助大家，店铺分享了一些高中英语阅读理解试题及答案，希望能对大家有所帮助!高中英语阅读理解试题及答案篇1Artificial(假的) flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative purposes. They are made from a variety of materials, such as wax and glass, so skillfully that they can scarcely be distinguished from natural flowers. In making such models, painstaking and artistry are called for, as well as thorough knowledge of plant structure. The collection of glass flowers in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University is the most famous in North America and is widely known throughout the scientific world. In all, there are several thousand models in colored glass, the work of two artist-naturalists, Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph?The intention was to have the collection represent at least one member of each flower family native to the United States. Although it was never completed. It contains more than seven hundred species representing 164 families of flowering plants, a group of fruits showing the effect of fungus diseases, and thousands of flower parts and magnified details. Every detail of these is accurately reproduced in color and structure. The models are kept in locked cases as they are too valuable and fragile for classroom use?51. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. An Extensive Collection of Glass Flowers ?B. The Lives of Leopold and Rudolph?C. Flowers Native to the United States?D. Material Used for Artificial Flowers?52. It can be inferred from the passage that the goal of Leopold and Rudolph was to ______________?A. create a botanical garden where only exotic flowers grew?B. do a thorough study of plant structure?C. make a copy of one member of each United States flower family?D. show that glass are more realistic than wax flowers?53.The underlined word “it” refers to ______________?A. the intentionB. the collectionC. one memberD. each flower family?54. Which of the following is NOT included in the display at the Botanical Museum of Harvard University?A. Models of 164 families of flowering plants？B. Magnified details of flower parts？C. Several species of native birds？D. A group of diseased fruits？55. Which of the following statements is true of the flowers at Harvard University?A. They form a completed collection？B. They have a marvelous fragrance？C. They are loaned to schools for classroom use？D. They use authentic representations.【答案与解析】 51—55 ACBCD51.A.细节理解题。
高二英语阅读理解试题(有答案和解析)及解析
高二英语阅读理解试题(有答案和解析)及解析一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解Regardless of how far we'd like to believe gender(性别) equality in the workplace has come, there's still a yawning gap between male and female leaders in the professional world. A 2018 statistic shows that women nowadays hold just 5.8 percent of CEOs positions at S&P 500 companies, according to Catalyst.While it's not a huge shock that women are somewhat underrepresented in leadership positions, what is surprising though, is the fact that females may actually be better suited to leadin almost every area, at least according to new findings from the BI Norwegian Business School.In their research，Professor yvind L. Martinsen and Professor Lars Glas surveyed (调查)2,900 managers with a special focus on personality types. The results were clear: Women scored higher than men in four of the five major leadership-centric categories.While some people believe that men inherently make better leaders — probably because they picture a leader with a commanding voice, which is more typical of men than women —this piece of research suggests that women are better at methodical management and goal-setting, openness, sociability and supportiveness, as well as ability to communicate clearly.There was one area in which men scored higher than women, though, and that was on emotional stability and ability to face job-related pressure and stress. The results suggest that women are more sensitive to the effects of high-pressure or highly emotional situations. Obviously，it's important to consider individual(个人的) differences. Anyone, regardless of gender, may be an inspiring leader and a competent boss. But next time you're hiring for a management position, you just might want to give the resumes(简历) from female candidates a harder look.（1）What makes us shocked much at leadership positions?A. Women are worse than men.B. Men take almost all high positions.C. There is a huge gap between genders.D. Women might behave better in every field.（2）Which of the following can best replace the underlined word ''inherently” in paragraph 4?A. properlyB. potentiallyC. naturallyD. normally（3）Which of the following may be the best title of this text?A. How We Can Figure Out The Boss.B. Why Women Are Better Than Men.C. Why Women Make The Best Bosses.D. How We Can Tell Gender Difference.（4）Who might have special interest in this article?A. Job hunters.B. Employers.C. Employees.D. Male bosses.【答案】（1）D（2）C（3）C（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，在工作领域男性领导人和女性领导人地位存在不平等现象，作者指出在领导位置上，女性可能在各个领域表现更好，倡议雇主在招聘领导岗位员工时应多考虑女性。
高二文学分析英语阅读理解15题
高二文学分析英语阅读理解15题1. What is the main theme of the passage?A. LoveB. FriendshipC. AdventureD. Mystery答案：根据文章内容分析可得答案为A。
解析：文章主要围绕两个人之间的爱情故事展开，选项B 友谊在文中虽有提及但并非主要主题；选项 C 冒险在文中未体现；选项 D 神秘也不符合文章整体基调。
2. The author's tone in the passage is?A. SadB. HappyC. AngryD. Neutral答案：D。
解析：文章中作者只是客观地叙述故事，没有表现出明显的情感倾向，所以是中立的。
选项 A 悲伤、选项B 快乐、选项C 生气在文中均未体现。
3. Which character is the protagonist?A. TomB. LilyC. JackD. Mary答案：B。
解析：文章主要围绕Lily 的经历和成长展开，Tom、Jack 和Mary 都是配角。
4. What literary device is used in the sentence "The stars twinkled like diamonds in the sky"?A. MetaphorB. SimileC. PersonificationD. Hyperbole答案：B。
解析：这句话把星星比作钻石，是明喻，所以是simile。
选项 A 隐喻是直接把一个事物说成另一个事物；选项 C 拟人是把物当人写；选项D 夸张是夸大或缩小事物。
5. The setting of the story is?A. A cityB. A villageC. A forestD. A desert答案：A。
解析：文章中多次提到高楼大厦、街道等城市元素，所以是城市。
选项B 村庄、选项C 森林、选项D 沙漠在文中均未体现。
高二英语阅读理解试题及答案
高二英语阅读理解试题及答案高二英语阅读理解试题及答案高二英语考试中，阅读理解的占比很高，所以大家一定要重视。
下面是店铺整理的高二英语阅读理解，希望能帮到大家!高二英语阅读理解试题及答案【1】A 1987 survey was given to 5,000 high school seniors. ____1____ Students in Boston were questioned. One-third of them could not name six New England states. Students in Baltimore were questioned. Half could not shade in the United States on a map. Here is what another survey showed. Students did not know history. Most did not know the dates of the American Civil War. Many did not know World War II leaders.Someone asked this question. ____2____ Their answer: Social studies was not important. They said it was the least important of their studies.What is social studies? It is the study of individuals. It is the study of groups. It is the study of societies. Social studies covers many fields. You have read about history and geography. These are part of social studies. ____3____ Let's say you study the way people live together in groups. This is an area of social studies. So is learning about very early people. So is studying government.Is social studies important? Early Americans thought so. Students then learned history and civics (公民学). This was to make them good citizens. A report from 1916 set a new goal. It said, "The social studies should cultivate a sense of membership in the world community." The world community is very large. ____4____ We have radio and TV. We have phones. We have computers.Social studies helps us understand the world's people. Ithelps us learn about groups and societies. ____5____ We all need to be good world citizens. (304)A. It covers many other areas as well.B. But today it is easy to share ideas in it.C. What did students think of social studies?D. It showed that they did not know geography.E. Why did students consider the social studies less important?F. The 1916 goal was important then, and it is even more important now.G. Therefore, we must try to persuade young people to pay more attention to social studies.答案:1. D2. C3. A4. B5. F高二英语阅读理解试题及答案【2】Some people believe that international sports create goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international competitions encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments. ____1____ Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused mainly by minor national competitions.One country received its second-place medals with visible indignation (愤慨) after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the loser's objection to the final decisions. ____2____ Their manager was very angry and he said, "This wasn't hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished." The president of the Federation saidlater that such behavior could result in the suspension (停赛) of the team for at least three years.____3____ The game had ended in disturbance. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. ____4____ The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.____5____ The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympic there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism (爱国主义). (370)A. It is believed that athletes come to the Olympic Games to compete for their countries.B. Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game.C. An appeal jury discussed the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand.D. They were sure that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents' victory was unfair.E. So judges were probably the result of the conflicts between the teams from different countries in Olympic ball games.F. But in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood.G. The American basketball team announced that they would not give up first place of Russia, after a disputable end to their competition.答案:1. F2. D.3. G4. C5. B高二英语阅读理解试题及答案【3】Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, " I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. ____1____ "Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. ____2____ They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine.____3____ The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smoker's body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad.____4____ Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke "just one" cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. ____5____ (240)A. It is very hard to quit smoking.B. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here.C. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes.D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health.E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible.F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.G. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.答案:1. B2. D3. E4. A5. F【高二英语阅读理解试题及答案】。
高二英语阅读理解专项训练及答案及解析
高二英语阅读理解专项训练及答案及解析一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解The noise of chattering mouths subsided（平息）as the teacher entered classroom. “Good morning class. I am Riffat Monaf, and I will be your geography teacher.” Riffat Monaf, an interesting name and an even more interesting person. Her introduction took place about six years ago, and since then I have never met a more influential person in my life.Mrs Monaf not only conquered me with her vast knowledge of geography, but also won me over with her smile and warm eyes. It was in her class that I traveled to the highest mountains and to the deepest seas from the comfort of the classroom. I learned about the vast oceans, the erupting volcanoes, the snow-capped mountains and the green valleys. She would often relate her adventures about traveling to different parts of the world.Never can I forget the glory of her face when she talks about how truly beautiful this world is. If I search back my love for the environment and geography, I find her to be the source of my love for preserving nature. If one day I became an environmentalist, I know that I'll thank her for it. Apart from this, she has always greeted me with open arms and she calls her students “my children”. Mrs Monaf's morals and values rubbed off me deeply and I have always taken her advice into consideration. She has been one of the most consistently good things in my life.Currently, she is fighting a battle against breast cancer, and it pains me to know that after all she has done for me; I can do nothing for her except pray. Whenever I see her in school, she still keeps that kind smile and an expression so soft that it trembles my heart. Mrs Monaf still talks enthusiastically about geography, and I know that I can never see what a truly great person she has been in my life. .（1）What can we learn from the second paragraph?A. The writer traveled a lot.B. Mrs Monaf was a learned person.C. The writer did well at school.D. Mrs Monaf enjoyed telling stories.（2）The underlined word “rubbed off” means .A. movedB. shockedC. influencedD. defeated（3）What do we know from the last paragraph?A. Mrs. Monaf was an optimistic person.B. Breast cancer made Mrs. Monaf upset.C. Another great person may appear in my life.D. Praying for Mrs. Monaf made the writer tremble.（4）What would be the best title for the passage?A. My Interesting School LifeB. The Teacher-student FriendshipC. An Influential Person in My LifeD. Brave Fight Against Breast Cancer【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）A（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者讲述了生命中有影响力的人。
【英语】高二英语阅读理解题20套(带答案)含解析
【英语】高二英语阅读理解题20套(带答案)含解析一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解Anyone can try to lead a group, but not every individual is cut out for leadership. The better leaders possess a few qualities that can mean the difference between the success and failure ofthe group. These are the qualities the leader of higher rank will look for when choosing a leaderfor a group, or when evaluating the performance of a leader. They're also the qualities team members want in a group leader, and appreciate when they find them.Take ResponsibilityGroup leaders might share tasks around a group as necessary, but eventually a group leader needs to be able to accept that responsibility lies on his shoulders. That means that if things go wrong in a group project, he's the one who must accept the consequences and work out what mistakes are made. The group leader won't always have the power to control everything group members do, but he should be ready to admit any mistakes the group has made as a result of his leadershipConcern for MembersThe group leader has a commitment to the task or project at hand, but perhaps more importantly, he has a real concern for each and every person who is part of his group. This means getting to know the strengths, weaknesses and goals of team members, as well as making time to build the group through collective activities. The group leader should make sure that everyone is included, even if an individual is new to a group.Good ListenerThe group leader needs to be able to listen to the suggestions, complaints and ideas of group members. Not only will this allow complaints to be addressed and potentially suitable ideas to beput into practice, but a leader who listens will also encourage group members to share their concerns and thoughts, creating an atmosphere of free speech and productivity.（1）The passage is mainly about____________.A. choosing a good leader for a group.B. assessing the performance of a leader.C. team members' appreciation of a leader.D. qualities of a good group leader.（2）A good leader should always be able to_______.A. tell when things go wrong in a group project.B. recognize any mistakes as his own.C. make group members admit their mistakes.D. control everything group members do.（3）According to "Concerns for members", which of the following is a good quality of a leader?A. fairB. reliableC. determinedD. generous（4）Which of the following is not a benefit of the group leader being a good listener?A. Offering a chance for group members to express themselves freely.B. Making it possibleto deal with group members' complaints.C. Allowing the leader to put his ideas into practice.D. Making group members productive by sharing their thoughts.【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）A（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了关于好的领导所应具备的能力和品质的：责任心、关爱和善于倾听。
【英语】高二英语阅读理解试题(有答案和解析)含解析
【英语】高二英语阅读理解试题(有答案和解析)含解析一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解Experts note that an unhealthy lifestyle can put you at great risk of heart disease and stroke. So doctors urge us to eat healthy foods, get exercise, stop smoking and limit our alcohol intake. But there is something else you can do. And it is free and easy. Smile!Dr. Chockalingam, a heart disease specialist in Columbia, advises his patients to smile. He says a smile may be one way to help your heart. "When we smile, the brain wiring changes. The chemicals that are released are more positive." He says smiling is the first step in fighting physical and emotional stress and its sometimes harmful effects on human health. This is not just New Age advice. Several studies support his opinion.When you feel stressed or under pressure, your body releases many natural hormones (荷尔蒙) including adrenaline and cortisol. Adrenaline increases your heart rate and blood pressure. Cortisol is the body's main stress hormone. It increases sugar in the bloodstream. If you are truly in danger, these hormones can help you. They are part of what we call our fight-or-flight response. However, when we are stressed for a long period, these stress hormones are ever-present in our bodies. And that, medical researchers warn, may lead to health problems.Researchers say the connection between stress and heart disease is still unclear. However, they claim that when people are stressed for long periods of time, they may have an unhealthy lifestyle, which can lead to health problems.Dr. Chockalingam says a smile may be one way to help. He tells his patients to smile 20 times an hour. To some, that might seem like a lot of smiling. Or some might even feel foolish ... smiling for seemingly no reason. But a smile does not involve drugs. It is not invasive like a surgical operation. It is free and it has no bad side effects."Once people smile, they are relaxing. This relaxation directly lowers blood pressure, improves sugar levels in the blood. If we are smiling, we are breaking that link between stress and health." And it just may provide a little extra protection to everyone's heart health.（1）Which of the following agrees with Dr. Chockalingam's opinion?A.Smile has the same effects as laughter.B.Smile can be used to take the place of medicine.C.Smile is better than any healthy lifestyle to health.D.Smile can make our body produce beneficial chemicals.（2）What can we know about the mentioned stress hormones?A.They can lower our blood pressure.B.They will surely lead to heart diseases.C.They can benefit us when we are in danger.D.They will make us live an unhealthy lifestyle.（3）Why does Dr. Chockalingam think smiling is helpful to our health?A.It can make us relax.B.It increases sugar levels.C.It has little bad side effects.D.It can happen for no reason.（4）What can be the best title for the text?A.A Thorough Analysis of the Causes of Heart DiseasesB.One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Help Your HeartC.One Thing That Is Closely Connected with Stress HormonesD.The Clear Connection Between Unhealthy Lifestyles and Heart Diseases【答案】（1）D（2）C（3）A（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，哥伦比亚的心脏病专家Chockalingam博士建议多保持微笑，他认为微笑可能是帮助心脏的一种方式。
高二英语阅读理解题20套(带答案)
高二英语阅读理解题20套(带答案)一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解For years, my time spent in the shower could have got me a mention in Guinness World Records as the shortest time taken to bathe. I hurried up during this process.One day, however, while at a party, I heard an artist friend telling everybody that his idea came while he was having a shower. “What about you?” he asked, “Don't you get your creative thoughts from the same place?”“I'm in and out in a hurry,” I told him proudly. “I have no time to waste!”“What a pity,” he said. “That's the place where you need to slow down; plenty of great thoughts come from there!” I tried it out. I slowed down the whole process, started enjoying the warm water, taking a little longer to soap myself and even spending more time just enjoying the process, and realized how much I had missed in hurrying up all these years.A woman told me how much stress her friend was suffering from and how she sought to convince her that she needed to find ways to relax. She gave her a videotape on stress management and relaxation techniques, and encouraged her to watch it right away. Fifteen minutes later, her friend handed back the tape. “It was good,” she said,” but I don't need it.”“But it's a 70 - minute video,” the woman replied, “You couldn't have watched the whole thing.”“Yes, I did,” her friend said. “I put it in fast - forward!”A major social problem of the 21st century is Hurry Sickness. We hurry through work. We swallow fast food. We complain that we don't have enough time. We race through the days and weeks until one day we look back in amazement and comment, “My god, how the years flew by!” Then we realize the heavy price we have paid for traveling fast.Symptoms of Hurry Sickness include stress and anxiety, bad relationships, lowered work performance and even disease. Some people don't survive it. What's the cure? Slow down, for life is so short and precious that we must live it well.（1）What was the advantage of taking a shower in the eyes of the artist friend?A. Time was saved.B. Nothing was missed.C. Great ideas flew away.D. Creative thoughts came.（2）What was the trouble with the woman's friend?A. She felt stressed.B. She found the tape useless.C. She found no way to relax.D. She watched the tape too fast.（3）What are the major trouble people face in the 21st century in the writer's eyes?A. People run fast to work.B. Everything is done in a hurry.C. People don't have enough time.D. Time flies without being noticed.（4）How can the problem be settled?A. By pacing down.B. By learning to survive.C. By developing friendship.D. By performing good work.【答案】（1）D（2）A（3）B（4）A【解析】【分析】本文为应用文。
高中英语阅读理解练习题(有答案)doc
一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解A story posted by The New York Post Monday tells the tale of Katrina Holte, a Hillsboro woman who quit her job to cosplay a 1950s housewife.Let me start by expressing admiration to Holte for using her 2019 freedoms to follow her 1950s dreams. Everyone should be so lucky as to get to decide what they wear and how they spend their time. That's the future our foremothers fought for.But as much fun as I am sure she is having living a vintage (复古的) life, which literally includes watching shows like "I Love Lucy" and listening to vinyl recordings (刻录碟片), I think it's important to remember that being a 1950s housewife was actually totally awful, and something our grandmothers and mothers fought against.For example, once I called my grandma and asked her for her recipe for Cloud Biscuits, these delicious biscuits she used to make that we would cover with butter and homemade raspberry jam on Thanksgiving."Why would you want that?" she said. "Go to the store. Go to the freezer section. Buy some pre-made biscuits and put them in the oven."She straight-up refused to give me the recipe, because it was hard and took a long time to make. In her mind, it was a waste of time.Getting off the phone, it occurred to me that spending every day of your life serving a husband and five children wasn't fun at all. And then there are the grandchildren who eventually come along demanding Cloud Biscuits, a whole new expanded set of people to feed.She was basically a slave to those hungry mouths, cooking scratch meals three times a day. When she wasn't trapped in the kitchen, she had to keep the house clean, make sure she looked good enough to be socially acceptable, and make sure her kids and husband looked good enough to be socially acceptable. And she had no days off.I know my grandma loves her kids and her grandkids, her husband and the life she led, but man, it must have been a lot of thankless, mindless labor.No wonder everyone went all-in on processed foods when they came around. Imagine the nice break something like a microwave dinner would give a woman working, unpaid, for her family every single day?I also had another grandma. She was a scholar who helped found the Center for the Study of Women in Society at University of Oregon. She was a pioneering second-wave feminist who wrote books, gave lectures and traveled the world.But, she did all of that after divorcing my grandpa, when most of her kids were out of the house. Back then, in the 1950s and the 1960s, there was no illusion about women "having it all". How could that even possibly happen? If you were taking care of a family, waiting on your husband, you had no time to follow your dreams, unless you made that your dream.A lot of women took that approach. We call it Stockholm Syndrome now.And of course, these women I am talking about are upper-middle-class white women. Romanticizing the 1950s is especially disgusting when you think about how women of color andpoor women were treated back then, and the lack of education and choices available to them.Because the women in this country demanded something approaching equality, Holte has the chance to live out her fantasy. Not every woman in America is so lucky.We still don't have pay equality and in many states, we still don't have autonomy over our own bodies. Poor women and women of color still lack the opportunities of their wealthy and white peers.And while it's getting better, women are still expected to be responsible for the emotional labor of running a household and raising the children.But at least we can get jobs. At least we don't have to sew our own clothes, wear a full face of makeup every day and spend hours making Cloud Biscuits some ungrateful kid will wolf down, barely remembering to say thank you.（1）According to the author, what is the future our foremothers fought for?A. Watching shows like "I Love Lucy" and listening to vinyl recordings.B. Having the freedom to make choices in their daily life.C. Making Cloud Biscuits for their kids and husbands.D. Making sure their kids and husbands socially acceptable.（2）What does the underlined word "that" in paragraph 13 refer to?A. Writing books, giving lectures and traveling the world.B. Divorcing husband when kids were out of house.C. Taking care of a family and waiting on husband.D. Women's illusion about "having it all".（3）What does the "Stockholm Syndrome" in paragraph 14 really mean in the passage?A. Women have been used to the unfair treatment at homeB. Women nowadays like the way of life in the 1950s.C. Victims end up sympathizing with the abusers.D. Women have the chance to live out their dreams.（4）The author thinks of the life of a 1950s housewife as ________.A. fantasticB. admirableC. awfulD. unforgettable（5）What can we learn from the passage?A. It was a waste of time to give grandchildren the recipe.B. All women are not lucky to follow their own dreams in America now.C. Housewives received recognition for their efforts from family members.D. The upper-middle-class white women did a better job in running the household.（6）What is the author's main purpose in writing this passage?A. To show great appreciation to her grandmas.B. To call on housewives to claim the pay for the housework they undertake.C. To draw readers' attention to the situations women face, especially those poor and of color.D. To arouse women's awareness of equal pay at work.【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）A（4）C（5）B（6）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，作者认为在日常生活中拥有选择的自由是我们的祖先为之奋斗的未来，同时想让读者注意到女性所面临的处境，尤其是那些贫穷的有色人种。
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高二英语阅读理解练习题及答案阅读理解一：For many people, traveling is a dream. But for Sigga Heimis, it’s a career. The Icelandic woman has become one of the country’s most popular travel bloggers, sharing her adventures with followers around the world.Sigga’s journey to becoming a travel blogger wasn’t always smooth. After studying journalism in college, she found herself working in a job that didn’t fulfill her passion for exploration. Determined to change her situation, she took a leap of faith and started her own travel blog.Since then, Sigga has traveled to over 50 countries, documenting her experiences through stunning photos and engaging storytelling. Her blog has attracted a large following of travel enthusiasts who appreciate her honest and detailed accounts of various destinations.In addition to her blog, Sigga also hosts travel workshops and gives talks at universities and conferences. She has inspired many people to pursue their own travel dreams and has become a trusted source of information in the travel community.阅读理解二：John and Susan Thompson have a passion for wildlife conservation. Over the years, they have dedicated themselves to protecting endangered species and their habitats.In 2008, the couple founded their own non-profit organization called Wildlife Guardians. Their mission is to raise awareness about the importanceof wildlife preservation and to support projects that focus on saving endangered animals.One of their most successful projects was the establishment of a rhino sanctuary in South Africa. The Thompsons raised funds to purchase land and worked with local wildlife organizations to create a safe environment for the endangered rhinos. Today, the sanctuary is home to several rhinos and has become a key player in rhino conservation efforts.In addition to their hands-on work, John and Susan also organize educational programs for schools and communities. They believe that by educating the younger generation about wildlife conservation, they can create a future where endangered species are better protected.阅读理解三：In today’s digital age, cyber security has become a major concern for individuals and businesses alike. With the increasing frequency of data breaches and online attacks, it is more important than ever to protect our information.Jane Smith, a renowned cyber security expert, has made it her mission to help people navigate the complex world of online security. With over 20 years of experience in the field, Jane has become a trusted advisor to governments and corporations around the world.Through her consultancy firm, Smith Security Solutions, Jane provides personalized cyber security services to clients of all sizes. From small businesses to large organizations, she works closely with her clients to identify and address their specific security needs.Jane also takes an active role in raising awareness about cyber security. She frequently gives talks at industry conferences and contributes articles to leading security publications. Her goal is to empower individuals and businesses with the knowledge and tools they need to protect themselves in the digital world.高二英语阅读理解练习题答案：阅读理解一答案：D阅读理解二答案：C阅读理解三答案：B注意：以上内容仅供参考，根据给定的题目“高二英语阅读理解练习题及答案”，提供了三则阅读理解文章及其对应的答案。