2021高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题(8)
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【广东省汕头市2020教学质量测评试题(2)】C
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to
get to know someone we didn’t know.I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched
my shoulder.I turned around to find a wrinkled,little old lady beaming up at me with
a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said,“Hi,girl!My name is Rose.I’m 87 years old.Can give you a hug?”
I laughed and enthusiastically responded,“Of course you may!“and she gave me
a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young,innocent age ?”I asked.She jokingly
replied,“I’m here to meet a rich husband,get married,have a couple of children,and
hen retire and travel!”
“No seriously“I said.I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking
on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”“she
told me.
Over the course of the year,Rose because a campus icon and she easily made friends
wherever she went .She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed
upon her from the other students.She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet.I’ll
never forget what she taught us.
“We do not stop playing because we are old“;we grow old because we stop
playing.There are only two secrets to staying young,being happy,and achieving
success/You have to laugh and find humor everyday.Your’ve got to have a dream.When
you lose your dreams,you die!”she said.
“The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change.”Have no
regrets.The elderly usually don;t have regrets for what we did,but rather for things
we did not do.The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”
She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Song of Rose”.She - 2 - / 11 challenged each of us study the lyrics(歌词)and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end,Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years
ago.One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.
36.Rose made herself known to the author in a _______ manner.
A.serious B.cold C.crazy D.humorous
37.From the information provided in the passage,we know________.
A.Rose finished the college degree within a year
B.Rose did realize her dream of meeting a rich husband and getting married through
college education
C.Rose enjoyed her camus life very much
D.Rose grew so old that she stopped playing
38.Rose delivered the speech________.
A.at the graduation B.which she prepared carefully
C.ended with”The Song of Rose” D.to challenge all the other speakers
39.According to her speech,________.
A.whenever you have a dream,you succeed
B.All people don’t grow up while growing older
C.Rose usually regretted having done something
D.a nine-year-old is as old as a 87-year-old if he doesn’t do anything
40.The best title for the passage can be________.
A.Growing Older or Growing Up B.It’s Never too Old to learn
C.Humour Does Count D.Challenge Yourself
【参考答案】36-40. DCCBA;
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Brian knew he had been drinking more and more, but he was convinced that he'd return
to more moderate drinking when he wasn't so pressured at work, and that "a few too
many drinks now and then" wasn't a major problem.
"My wife and father were on me to stop drinking, but you know how critical and - 3 - / 11 protective family can be," said Brian. "So I blew them off."
It wasn't until his friend Jack spoke up that Brian started to think differently.
"That really hit home, because I wouldn't expect a friend to confront me with something
that personal unless it was very important," said Brian. "Jack said he was really
concerned about me. He pointed out that my personality changed after I had a few
beers--that I became belligerent(寻衅的). For a normally easy-going guy, that was
a dramatic change in behavior."
Jack could see that Brian's numerous drinking binges(放纵) were causing problems.
Brian was frequently calling into work sick and falling behind in his work, and his
marriage was seriously on the ropes. Brian was teetering on the edge of disaster.
"I didn't want to see a good life and a good friendship ruined," said Jack, "so I
approached Brian, shared my honest observations with him, and suggested that he seek
help."
After a couple days of soul searching, though still reluctant, Brian took Jack's
suggestion and was assessed by an addiction professional. The expert recommended
that Brian check into a treatment center, and one day later Brian did so.
Many people fear taking the path that Jack took. Speaking up to a friend who may
have a problem with alcohol or other drugs can be a tricky undertaking.
Yet it's true that a concerned friend can do a lot. Most people don't recognize
they have a substance abuse problem and most don't seek help for a problem until someone
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2014高考英语阅读理解精英定时系列练习题(22)及答案
学必求其心得，业必贵于专精
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【河南省罗山县2013二模】D
Japanese high school students either walk or ride bicycles if the distance
is not too great。 In other cases, students must take public buses and
trains。 After junior high school， students attend schools based on their
high school entrance examination scores. So some students travel a great
distance to attend the school.
◆________
The school day begins at 8：30。 Then students assemble in their
homeroom classes for the day’s studies。 Each homeroom has an
average of 40—45 students. Students stay in their homeroom classrooms
for most of the school day。 Only for physical education， laboratory
classes， or other subjects requiring special facilities(设备） do students
move to different parts of the school. Between classes and at lunchtime,
classrooms can be noisy， lively places。 Some schools may have a
高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题(18)
2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题（18）及答案
【广东省广州市执信中学2013第三次模拟】C
Advice to “sleep on it” could be well founded, scientists say. After a good
night’s sleep a problem that seemed impossible to solve the night before can often
appear easier, although no evidence has proved this by now. But researchers at the
University of Luebek in Germany have designed an experiment that shows a good
night’s
sleep can improve insight(洞察力）and problem-solving. “If you have some newly
acquired
memories in your brain, sleep acts on these memories, restructures(重构）them, so that
after sleep the insight into a problem which you could not solve before increases,”
said Dr. Jan Bom, a neuroscientist, at the university. To test the theory, they taught
volunteers two simple rules to help them put a string of numbers into a new order.
There was also a third, hidden rule, which could help them increase their speed in
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Many families in the United States have a larger income now than ever before, but people are
finding it difficult to make ends meet anyway. Almost everyone is wondering,“What happens to
all my money?”I never seem to have anything left to put away.
Why isn’t a dollar worth as much as it used to be? One dollar is always worth the same amount,
that is, 100 cents. But the value of a dollar is how much it can buy. The value of money depends
on the cost of living. Economists（经济学家） say that the cost of living is the money that a family
must pay for the necessities of life（生活必需品） such as food, housing or rent, clothes, and
medical expenses. For many years now, the cost of living has increased greatly, so the value of the
dollar has decreased. When a dollar has a low value, you cannot buy as many things with it.
2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题(17)及答案
学必求其心得，业必贵于专精
2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题（17）及答案
第二部分 阅读（共两节,满分50分）
第一节阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）
阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项，并 在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
【广东省广州市执信中学2013第三次模拟】A
My grandparents actively practiced simplicity. They both grew up in
very large families and lived through the Great Depression。 Saving for a
rainy day and avoiding superfluous consuming was their life philosophy。
Rather than seeking fulfillment through material items, they chose to
spend really simple life together, with family and in nature.
Over the years my grandparents noticed dramatic changes in their
community. Every year more farmland was destroyed to build larger and
larger homes。 As real estate prices rose， many of their neighbors sold
their little homes and land。 Soon theirs were the only small house on the
block， surrounded by a sea of mansions. My grandparents built and lived
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【广东省广州市执信中学2013第三次模拟】C
Advice to “sleep on it” could be well founded, scientists say. After a good
night’s sleep a problem that seemed impossible to solve the night before can
often appear easier, although no evidence has proved this by now. But researchers
at the University of Luebek in Germany have designed an experiment that shows
a good night’s sleep can improve insight(洞察力）and problem-solving. “If you have
some newly acquired memories in your brain, sleep acts on these memories,
restructures(重构）them, so that after sleep the insight into a problem which you
could not solve before increases,” said Dr. Jan Bom, a neuroscientist, at the
university. To test the theory, they taught volunteers two simple rules to help
them put a string of numbers into a new order. There was also a third, hidden
高考英语 单项选择精英系列练习题(8)
2014高考英语单项选择精英系列练习题（8）及答案
单项选择
1. They decided to drive the cow away _____ it did more damage.
A. before B. after C. until D.
while
2. He _____ a hard life, but he _____ us a lot of excellent works.
A. had led; had left B. led; has left
C. had led; has left D. led; was leaving
3. Naek is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent; _____, I can’t speak too highly
of him.
A. as a result B. in a word C. by the way D. on the
contrary
4. Tom may come to see me. I don’t want to go out _____ he comes.
A. so that B. in case C. as long as D.
now that
5. I go to work every early. I don’t usually have _____ breakfast, but I always eat
_____ good supper.
A. /;a B. /;/ C. the; / D. /;the
6. —Did you see Tom? He said he would come back for supper at six o’clock.
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阅读理解
（London）—If it really is what’s on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be
in trouble.
Some doctors now think that the internal fat surrounding important organs like the heart or
liver could be as dangerous as the external fat which can be noticed more easily.
“Being thin doesn’t surely mean you are not fat,” said Dr Jimmy Bell at Imperial College.
Since 1994, Bell and his team have scanned nearly 800 people with MRI machines to create “fat
maps” showing where people store fat.
According to the result, people who keep their weight through diet rather than exercise are
likely to have major deposits of internal fat, even if they are slim.
Even people with normal Body Mass Index scores can have surprising levels of fat deposits
2020-2021学年人教版八年级英语下册阅读理解练习题(含答案) (1)
人教新目标八年级英语下册《阅读理解》
练习题（含答案）
Do you know how to be a healthy kid? Here are some rules you should follow.
First, eat different food, especially fruit and vegetables. You may have a favorite food, but
you'd better eat something different. If you eat different food, you will probably get more
nutrients（营养物质）your body needs.
Second, drink water and milk as often as possible. When you're really thirsty, cold water
is the No. 1 choice. Milk is a great drink that can give you more calcium（钙）your body needs
to grow strong bones.
Third, listen to your body. How do you feel when you are full? When you're eating, notice
how your body feels and when your stomach feels comfortably full. Eating too much will not
make you feel comfortable and make you feel fat.
Fourth, limit screen time. Screen time is the time you watch TV, DVDs and videos, or