2020年高考英语阅读理解专项训练八篇(五)

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2020高考英语阅读理解解题技巧专项突破八：七选五专题之段落主题句题(含答案)

专题8 七选五专题之----段落主题句题【考查方式】在七选五中，段落主题句主要考查段落标题句和段落主题句。

通常会在段落的开头设空。

1.段落标题句：在确定段落标题句时首先阅读整段内容，提炼主题思想，阅读选项寻找体现主题思想的原词、同义词、近义词或同根词等，然后浏览其他的段落标题，观察其表达形式，最终确定最佳选项。

2.段落主题句：在确定段落主题句时可以根据段落一致性原则，查找同义词、近义词或主题词，推断主题句。

实战演练【例题】2015 全国1Building Trust in a Relationship AgainTrust is a learned behavior that we gain from past experiences, 36 .Trust is a risk. But you can’t be successful when there’s a lack of trust in a relationship that results from an action where the wrongdoer takes no responsibility to fix the mistake.Unfortunately, we’ve all been victims of betrayal. Whether we’ve been stolen from, lied to , misled, or cheated on, there are different levels of losing trust. Sometimes people simply can’t trust anymore, 37. It’s understandable, but if you’re w illing to build trust in a relationship again, we have some steps you can take to get you there.●38having confidence in yourself will help you make better choices because you can see what the best outcome would be for your well-being.●39If you’ve been betrayed, you are the victim of your circumstance. But there’s a difference between being a vi ctim and living with a “victim mentality”. At some point in all of our lives, we’ll have our trust tested or violated.●You didn’t lose “everything”. Once trust i s lost, what is left? Instead of looking at the situation from this hopeless angle, look at everything you still have and be thankful for all of the good in your life. 40 instead, it’s a healthy way to work through the experience to allow room for positive growth and forgiveness.A.Learn to really trust yourself.B.It is putting confidence in someone.C.Stop regarding yourself as the victim.D.Remember that you can expect the best in return.E.They’ve been too badly hurt and they can’t bear to let it happen again.F.This knowledge carries over in their attitude toward their future relationships.G.Seeing the positive side of things doesn’t mean you’re ignoring what happened.【答案】36. B 37. E 38. A 39. C 40. G解析; 文章主要讲述了人们一旦失去了信任，如何再次建立信任。

2020年高考英语阅读理解专项练习题

2020年高考英语阅读理解专项练习题When a storm is coming, most people leave the area as quickly ad possible and head for safety. But there are a few people who will get into their cars and go straight for the center of the storm. These people are willing to risk(冒…危险)being killed by floods or 100-kilometer-an-hour winds for the excitement of watching the storm close up.“Storm chasing(追逐)” is becoming an increasingly popular hobby(喜好), especially in the Midwest of the United States, where there are frepuent storms between March and July. A storm chaser begins the day by checking the Internet for the latest weather reports, and then drives up to 1,000 kilometers to where the storm will be and wits for it to develop.Although anyone can do it , storm chasing is extremely dangerous. The power of a big storm can throw a cow into the air or destroy a whole house in seconds. Storm chasers are also often hurt in accidents caused by driving in a heavy rain. If you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a group for storm-chasing vacations during the storm season.Even then, storm chasing is not all adventure and excitement . “Storm chasing is 95% driving,” says Daniel Lynch, who spends most of his summer storm-chasing. “Sometimes you can sit around for hours waiting for something to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a few light showers.”However, for storm chasers, it is all worth it. “When you get close to a storm, it is the most exciting sight youwill ever see in your life,” says Jasper Morley. “Every storm is an example of the power of nature, It is the greatest show on Earth.”56. For storm chasing, the first thing storm chasers do is to .A. head straight for the center of the stormB. get into the car for safetyC. wait patiently for the storm to developD. collect information about a coming storm57. Beginners of storm chasing are advised .A. not to drive in a heavy rainB. to do it in an organized wayC. not to get too close to a stormD. to spend more time on it in summer58. By saying “it is all worth it” in the last paragraph, the author means that .A. storm chasing costs a lot of moneyB. storm chasing is worth hours of waitingC. efforts in storm chasing are well paidD. a storm presents the greatest show on Earth59. What can we learn from the text?A. Sometimes storm chasers get nothing but disappointmentB. Many storm chasers get killed in the storms.C. Storm chasing is becoming popular around the world/D. Storm chasing is only fit for young people.答案 56.D 57.B 58.C 59.A。

2020年高考英语阅读理解专项训练(含答案)

2020年高考英语阅读理解训练(绝对精品文档，价值很高，值得下载打印练习)一AA new study links heavy air pollution from coal burning to shorter lives in northern China. Researchers estimate that the half-billion people alive there in the 1990s will live an average of 5 years less than their southern counterparts because they breathed dirtier air.China itself made the comparison possible: for decades, a now-discontinued government policy provided free coal for heating, but only in the colder north. Researchers found significant differences in both particulate pollution of the air and life expectancy in the two regions.While previous studies have found that pollution affects human health, “the deeper and ultimately more important question is the impact on life expectancy,” said one of the researchers, Michael Greenstone, a professor of environmental economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “This study provides a unique setting (背景) to answer the life expectancy question because the (heating) policy dramatically changes pollution concentrations（浓度）”, Greenstone said in an email. “Further, due to the low rates of migration in China in this period, we can know people’s exposure over long time periods,” he said.The policy gave free coal for fuel boilers to heat homes and offices to cities north of the Huai River, which divides China into north and south. It was in effect for much of the 1950—1980 period of central planning, and, though disconti nued after 1980, it has left a legacy（遗留问题） in the north of heavy coal burning, which releases particulate pollutants into the air that can harm human health. Researchers found no other government policies that treated China’s north differently from the south.The researchers collected data for 90 cities, from 1981 to 2000, on the annual daily average concentration of total suspended（悬浮的）particulates. In China, those are considered to be particulates that are 100 micrometers or less in diameter, sent out from sources including power stations, construction sites and vehicles. Among them, PM2.5 is of especially great health concern because it can go deep into the lungs.The researchers estimated the impact on life expectancies using death data from 1991—2000. They found that in the north, the concentration of particulates was 184 micrograms per cubic meter一or 55 percent higher than in the south, and life expectancies were 5.5 years lower on average across all age ranges.1. The main idea of this passage is that ___________.A. the government provided free coal for heating in North ChinaB. coal burning causes bad air quality across ChinaC. research in China finds air pollution shortened life expectancyD. a new study finds different particulates in South China2.According to Greenstone, ________ greatly contributed to the high pollution concentrations in North China.A. power stationsB. construction sitesC. the free heating policyD. gases from vehicles3.It is implied in the passage that _________.A. coal is no longer used for heating in North ChinaB. air quality was comparatively better in South ChinaC. southerners burned coals for heating in the 1980sD. people preferred to live in South China after 19804.The underlined word “particulates” most probably means _________.A. dirty cloudsB. particular smokeC. dangerous bacteriaD. harmful dustBThere’s nothing like a good night’s sleep— but what does that really mean? It turns out that the answer depends not only on your age, but also on your lifestyle. Some people are productive and happy with fewer hours of sleep, while others needmore. Still, experts can determine guidelines that work for most people. The National Sleep Foundation researched the topic and gave new recommendations this week. The foundation acknowledges that sleep needs will vary — lifestyle and stress should be taken into consideration — but their recommendations offer a general guideline. For example, teenagers (14 —17 years old) need 8—10 hours’ sleep every day.To create the recommendations, some sleep and medical experts reviewed 312 articles from journals published during the last decade. This is the first time that any professional organization has developed age-specific recommended sleep durations based on a systematic review of the world scientific literature.A lack of sleep can be linked to weight gain, because that causes an increase in appetite, according to the foundation. It can also have serious consequences on the brain. People who do not get enough sleep are at increased risk for depression, and can endanger others. Those that become sleepy while driving, for example, risk both their lives and the lives of those around them.Researchers also have found in the past that too much sleep can have negative e ffects. Low socioeconomic status and depression reportedly are significantly associated with longer sleep. However, experts nowadays find that research on oversleeping is still unconvincing and needs more attention. Currently, there is no strong evidence that sleeping too much has health consequences. There is, however, laboratory evidence that short sleep durations of four to five hours have negative consequences. We need similar laboratory studies to determine whether long sleep durations result in physiological changes that could lead to disease before we make any recommendations against sleep extension.5. Which is TRUE about sleeping time?A. Experts’ guideline for sleeping time applies to all the people.B. The time you need for sleep is related to your state of mind.C. The less you sleep, the more productive you are.D. The more you sleep, the more energetic you are.6. How did the National Sleeping Foundation do the research?A. By interviewing different people.B. By consulting other experts.C. By reading lots of articles.D. By doing systematic experiments.7. The research shows that people without enough sleep will _______.A. lose some weightB. drive faster than usualC. dream during their sleepD. eat more food8. From Paragraph 4, we can learn that _______.A. more research on oversleeping is neededB. researchers now agree with those in the pastC. too much sleep may result in social changesD. research on oversleeping is quite convincingCThe term “resume” means a document describing one’s educational qualitifications and professional experience. However guidelines for preparing a global resume are constantly changing. The best advice is to find out what is appropriate regarding the company culture, the country culture, and the culture of the person making the hiring decision. The following list is a good place to start.* In many countries, it is standard procedure to attach a photo or have your photo printed on your resume. Do not attach a photograph to your resume if you are sending it to the United States, though.* Educational requirements differ from country to country. In most case of “cross-border” job hunting, just stating the title of your degree will not be enough. Provide the reader with details about your studies and any related experience.* Pay attention to the resume format(格式) you use--chronological(时间的) or revers-chronological order. If you find no specific guidelines, the general preference is for the revers-chronological format, which means listing your current or most recent experience first.* The level of computer technology and accessibility to the Internet varies from country to country. Even if a company or individual lists an e-mail address, there is no guarantee that they will actually receive your email. Send a paper copy of your resume , as well as the emailed copy, just to make sure that it is received.* If you are writing your resume in English, find out if the receiver uses BritishEnglish or American English because there are variations between the two versions.* Although English is widely accepted today as being the universal language of business, most multinational companies will expect you to speak the language of one of the countries in which they do business, in addition to English. Have your resume prepared in both languages, and be ready for your interview to be conducted in both languages. Most companies will want to see and hear proof of your language skills.* Be aware that paper sizes are different countries. The United States standard is 81/2 by 11 inches, while the European A4 standard is 21 by 29.7 centimeters. When you send your r esume by email, reformat it to the receiver’s standard. Otherwise, when it is printed out, half of your material may be missing.9. From the passage, we learn that ______.A. We can’t list the oldest experience first in a resumeB. Asian countries may have the same standard paper sizeC. A resume can help us know about a person’s personalityD. A person’s educational background should be included in a resume10. The passage is most probably intended for ______ .A. Job hunters that seek careers abroadB. Companies that do international businessC. People that are employed by companies overseasD. Graduates that can speak over one foreign language11. The passage mainly wants to tell us that a global resume should ______.A. Be highly professionalB. Be especially informativeC. Be culturally appropriateD. Be logically chronologicalDHalf of the world’s population lives in areas affected by Asian monsoons（季风）, but monsoons are difficult to predict. American researchers have put together a 700-year record of the rainy seasons, which is expected to provide guidance for experts making weather predictions.Every summer, moist（潮湿的）air masses, known as monsoon, produce large quantities of rainfall in India, East Asia, Indonesia, Northern Australia and East Africa, which are pulled in by a high pressure area over the Indian Ocean and a low pressurearea to the south.According to Edward Cook, a weather expert at Columbia University in New York, the complex nature of the climate systems across Asia makes monsoons hard to predict. In addition, climate records for the area date to 1950, too recent and not detailed enough to be of much use. Therefore, he and a team of researchers spent more than fifteen years travelling across Asia locating trees old enough to provide long-term records. They measured the rings（年轮）or circles, inside the trunks of thousands of ancient trees at more than 300 sites.Rainfall has a direct link to the growth and width of rings on some kinds of trees. The researchers developed a document—a Monsoon Asia Drought Atlas（地图集）. It shows the effect of monsoons over seven centuries, beginning in the 1300s.Professor Cook says the tree-ring records show periods of wet and dry conditions. “If the monsoon bas ically fails or is very weak one year, the trees affected by the monsoon at that location might put on a very narrow ring. But if the monsoon is very strong, the trees affected by that monsoon might put on a wide ring for that year. So, the wide and narrow ring widths of the tree chronology（年表）that we developed in Asia provide us with a measure of monsoon variability. ”Armed with such a sweeping set of data, researchers say they now can begin to refine climate computer models for predicting the behavior of monsoons.“There has been widespread famine and starvation and human dying in the past in large droughts. And on the other hand, if the monsoon is particularly heavy, it can cause extensive flooding,” said Eugene Wahl, a scientist who is with America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’spaleoclimate（古气侯）branch studying weather patterns over the history of the Earth. “So, to get a knowledge of what the regional moisture patterns have been, dryness and wetness over such a long period of time in great detail, I would call it a kind of victory for climate science.”12．What’s the passage mainly about?A．The achievements of Edward Cook.B．The necessity of weather forecast.C．A breakthrough in monsoon prediction.D．The effects of Asian monsoons.13．It is difficult for experts to predict Asian monsoons because______.A．it is hard to keep long-term climate recordsB．they are formed under complex climate systemsC．they influence many nationsD．there is heavy rainfall in Asia14．According to Professor Cook, the rings of the trees_________.A．offer people information about the regional climateB．have a great influence on the regional climateC．determine the regional climateD．reflect all kinds of regional climate information15．What do we know about the research according to Eugene Wahl?A．It will help people prevent droughts and floods.B．It should include information about human life in the past.C．It has analysed moisture models worldwide.D．It is a great achievement in climate science.参考答案A ---CCBDB ---- BCDAC---DACD----CBAD二AWanted, Someone for a KissWe’re looking for producers to join us in the second of London 100FM. You’ll work on the station’s music programmers. Music production experience in radio is necessary, along with rich knowledge of modern dance music. Please apply in writing to Producer Vacancies, Kiss100.Father ChristmasWe’re looking for a very special person preferably over 40, to fill our Father Christmas suit. Working days: Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December17 to December24 except Sunday, 10:30—16:00 Excellent pay.Please contact the Enterprise Shopping Center, Station Parade, Eastbourne. Accountants AssistantWhen you join in them in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general duties. If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you. This position is equally suitable for a school leaver or for somebody who has office experience.Walden District CouncilSoftware TrainerIf you are aged 24-45 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for. You should be good at the computer and have some experience in programme writing. You will be allowed to make our decision, and to design courses as well as present them. Pay upwards of ￡15,000 for the right person. Please apply by sending your CV (简历) to Mrs R. Ogilvie, Palmlace Limited.1. We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who _______.A. is aged between 24 and 40B. may do some training workC. should deal with general dutiesD. can work for about a month2. Which position is open to recent school graduates?A. Producer, London Kiss.B. Father Christmas.C. Accountants AssistantD. Software TrainerBGrown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, additional learning trials increase the length of time we will remember it.In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.The multiplication tables(乘法口诀表)are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood. The law of overlearning explains why cramming (突击学习)for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for one's future development.3. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 1?A. Children have a better memory than grown-ups.B. People remember well what they learned in childhood.C. Poem reading is a good way to learn words.D. Stories for children are easy to remember.4. The author explains the law of overlearning by .A. presenting research findingsB. setting down general rulesC. using examplesD. making a comparison5. According to the author, being able to use multiplication tables is .A. a result of overlearningB. a special case of crammingC. a skill to deal with math problemsD. a basic step towards advanced studies6. What is the author's opinion on cramming?A. It leads to failure in college exams.B. It increases students' learning interest.C. It's possible to result in poor memory.D. It's helpful only in a limited way.CBy 2050, a completely new type of human evolve as a result of extremely new technology, behavior, and natural selection. This is according to Cadell Last, a researcher at the Global Brain Institute, who claims mankind is undergoing a major “evolutionary transition”.In less than four decades, Mr. Last claims we will live longer, have children in old age and rely on artificial intelligence to do ordinary and boring tasks. This shift is so significant, he claims, it is comparable to the change from monkeys to apes, and apes to humans. “Your 80 or 100 is going to be so radically differe nt than your grandparents,” Mr. Last says, who believes we will spend much of our time living in virtual reality. Some evolutionary scientists believe this age could be as high as 120 by 2050.Mr. Last claims humans will also demonstrate delayed sexual maturation, according to a report by Christina Sterbenz in Business Insider. This refers to something known as life history theory which attempts to explain how natural selection shapes key events in a creature’s life, such as reproduction. It suggests thatas brain sizes increase, organisms need more energy and time to reach their full potential, and so reproduce less.Instead of living fast and dying younger, Mr. Last believes humans will live slow and die old. “Global society at the moment is a complete mess,” he told MailOnline. “But in crisis there is opportunity, and in apocalypse (启示) there can be transform ation. So I think the next system humanity creates will be far more sophisticated, fair, and abundant than our current civilization.”“I think our next system will be as different from the modern world, as our contemporary world is from the medieval (中世纪的) world. The biological clock isn't going to be around forever,” he added, and said that people could pause it for some time using future technology.The change is already happening. Today, the average age at which a woman in Britain has her first baby has been rising steadily stands at 29. 8. In the US, just one percent of first children were born to women over the age of 35 in 1970. By 2012, that figure rose to 15 percent.“As countries become socio-economically advanced, more and more people, especially women have the option to engage in cultural reproduction,” Mr. Last added. And as well as having more child-free years to enjoy leisure time, he believes artificial intelligence will make up the need for low-skill jobs. We may also spend a large amount of time living in virtual reality. “I’m not quite sure most people have really absorbed the implications of this possibility,” Mr. Last said.His vi ews are detailed in a paper, titled “Human Evolution, Life History Theory, and the End of Biological Reproduction" published Current Aging Science.7. According to Cadell Last, a completely new type of human will appear because of ______.① artificial intelligence ② new technology ③ natural selection ④ mundane tasks⑤ behaviorA. ②③⑤B. ①②③C. ③④⑤D. ①②⑤8. Which statement is compared by Mr. Last to the change from monkeys to apes, andapes to humans?A. We have diseases and die young.B. We spend less time in virtual reality.C. We give birth to a child when we are young.D. We use intelligent robots to do everyday housework.9. The underlined words in the third paragraph most probably mean “______”.A. Reproduction.B. Reproduce less.C. Natural selection shapes key events.D. Organisms need more energy and time to ripen.10. In the next system Mr. Last explained we can infer that ______.A. women are engaged in careers or hobbies instead of giving birth to babiesB. women are engaged in playing computer games rather than workingC. women are engaged in cultural reproduction in place of menD. women are engaged in living in virtual reality without optionsDMost teens can't wait to learn to drive. Not so with me. Driving made me nervous.I didn't get a license until I turned 24 years old. As a result, when I first married, we only had one car and car pooled to work. My husband's hours were different from mine by one hour. I worked earlier. So he dropped me off and went to the diner to drink coffee until work time.Then, in the afternoons, I leisurely walked the three miles to his wo rk place where I waited in his car, reading a book.One day while waiting for him, I noticed the most beautiful Cadillac pull in the lot. It was powder blue and sleek looking. The kind of car you dream about. I was busily admiring the car, when I noticed the driver. Honestly, she was probably the prettiest woman I had ever seen off the movie screen.She pulled into the spot beside our car and it was all I could do not to stare. There was a striking resemblance to Liz Taylor. Jet black hair and alabaster skin. Our eyes made contact and she smiled at me. Her eyes were as blue as the sea, and teeth like aneven row of pearls. She was wearing a light blue shirt that just matched her car. Peeking through her long, softly curled hair I could see gold hoop earrings. They had to be gold to shine like that. A couple of minutes later, a nice looking man came out of the building, entered her car, leaned over and kissed her and she drove away.Sitting there in my jeans, shirt and hair in a pony tail, I wanted to cry. How could some people have it all?Maybe I would have forgotten about her, but the following week, I saw her again. Then it became almost routine to see her about once a week. She seemed friendly and always waved, flashing a big smile. My envy lingered long after she drove away.Many nights when sleep evaded me, I would think about the beautiful lady. I wondered if she and her husband ate out, and where they dined, and what she was wearing. I wanted her to get out of the car and let me see her full length. Did she wear really high heeled shoes and pants, or a skirt.I would get my answers in a couple of weeks.Sitting in our usual parking lot, I was holding my book, watching her over the top of it. She was waiting and when her husband came to the car, she called to him. They spoke a few words and he opened the car door for her to step out. He took her arm and helped her out of the car. I could see very well as she moved to get out. She was wearing a skirt.She haltingly walked around to the passenger side very slowly, leaning on a walking cane. Sitting sideways in the car, she lifted one leg with her hands and then the other one. The beautiful lady had a prosthesis on the left leg and a brace on the right leg. I couldn't w atch them drive away as the tears were blinding me. For weeks I had envied this woman and her way of life, while I had been able to walk three miles to our car!When my husband arrived and found me crying, he immediately asked what was wrong. Through my tears, I told him about the beautiful lady. He said he knew her husband and also knew the story. The beautiful lady and her parents were in a car that either stalled or got caught on the railroad tracks and was hit by a train. Both parents were killed and she was severely injured. She was only 12 years old. The railroadmade a large settlement with her because the crossing had no signals. He explained her car was specially built for her needs as well as the home.I prayed for forgiveness all the way home. The lady I thought had everything I didn't. I realized how lucky I was to have my parents, the ability to walk, run or dance through life and many wonderful things money can't buy. I would not have traded places with the beautiful lady for anything.When you meet a person who seems to be much better off than you, don't be fooled.11. In the afternoons the woman walked three miles to her husband’s work place to___.A. take exercise on the wayB. meet the beautiful ladyC. enjoy the scenery and readingD. wait for her husband12. After seeing the beautiful lady, the woman concluded_______.A. the beautiful lady led a rich and happy lifeB. the beautiful lady liked to show off herselfC. she and her husband must make more moneyD. she shouldn’t have married her husband13. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The woman learned that health and family are more important.B. Th e woman was poor and couldn’t afford another car and fancy clothes.C. The woman envied the beautiful lady of her capable husband.D. The woman regretted marrying her husband.14.The underlined word “haltingly”(paragraph 10) probably means________.A. proudlyB. excitedlyC. difficultlyD. steadily15.Which of the following do you think can be the best title of the passage?A. Seeing is believingB. Trust her heart instead of her lookC. Looks can be deceivingD. Fooled by her look阅读理解A---- DC B---- BCAD C----- ADDA D-----DAACC三AYou probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson.Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?Jane Addams(1860-1935)Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addans helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community(社区)by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need In 1931,Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.Rachel Carson(1907-1964)If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.Sandra Day O’Connor(1930-present)When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952,she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator(参议员) and ,in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.Rosa Parks(1913-2005)On December 1,1955,in Montgomery, Alabama,Rosa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgmery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,” said Parks.1.What is Jane Addams noted for in history?。

【高考专题】2020年高考英语专题复习阅读理解-教育类(10篇) 一(含答案)

2020年高考英语专题复习阅读理解-教育类(10篇) 一A1.Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money.Strange as it may seem,if you’re unsatisfied,the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires—not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don’t have enough tastes.Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty capacities(能力)to enjoy life.Most people are already swamped(淹没)with things.They eat,wear,go and talk too much.They live in too big a house with too many rooms,yet their house of life is a hut.Your house of life ought to be a mansion(豪宅),a royal palace.Every new taste,every additional interest,every fresh enthusiasm adds a room.Here are several rooms your house of life should have.Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things.If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them,they would make you as happy as to find plenty of ham and eggs when you’re hungry.Literature,classic literature,is a beautiful,richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment.To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person,for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likesa library.Music like Mozart’s and Bach’s shouldn’t be absent.Real riches are of the spirit.And when you’ve brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk,you have increased your thrills and bettered them.And life isa matter of thrills.Sports,without which you remain poor,mean a lot in life.No matter who you are,you would be more human,and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days,if you could,and did,play a bit.Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life,the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding.（1）The author intends to tell us that .A.true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair meansB.big houses are people’s most valued possessionsC.big houses can in a sense bring richness of lifeD.true happiness comes from spiritual riches（2）The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that .A.however materially rich,they never seem to be satisfiedB.however materially rich,they remain spiritually poorC.though their house is big,they prefer a simple lifeD.though their house is big,it seems to be a cage（3）It can be learned from the passage that .A.more money brings more happinessB.art is needed to make your house beautifulC.literature can enrich your spiritual lifeD.sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness（4）What would be the best title for the passage?A.House of LifeB.Secret of WealthC.Rest and RefreshmentD.Interest and EnthusiasmB2.Five years ago,when I taught art at a school in Seattle,I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students.I put a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student,and said:“Make something out of the Tinkertoys.You have 45 minutes today—and 45 minutes each day for the rest of the week.”A few students hesitated to start.They waited to see what the rest of the classwould do.Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided.Another group built something out of their own imaginations.Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time.His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home.I was delighted at the presence of such a student.Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work.His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感染)other students.Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside.I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking.Without fail one would declare,“But I’m just not creative.”“Do you dream at night when you’re asleep?”“Oh,sure.”“So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.”The student would tell something wildly imaginative.Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads.“That’s pretty creative.Who does that for you?”“Nobody.I do it.”“Really—at night,when you’re asleep?”“Sure.”“Try doing it in the daytime,in class,okay?”（1）The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to .A.know more about the studentsB.make the lessons more excitingC.raise the students’interest in artD.teach the students about toy design（2）What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?A.He liked to help his teacher.B.He preferred to study alone.C.He was active in class.D.He was imaginative.（3）What does the underlined word“downside”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A.Mistake.B.Drawback.C.Difficulty.D.Burden.（4）Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?A.To help them to see their creativity.B.To find out about their sleeping habits.C.To help them to improve their memory.D.To find out about their ways of thinking.C3.I was never very neat,while my roommate Kate was extremely organized.Each of herobjects had its place,but mine always hid somewhere.She even labeled(贴标签)everything.I always looked for everything.Over time,Kate got neater and I got messier.She would push my dirty clothing over,and I would lay my books on her tidy desk.We both got tired of each other.War broke out one evening.Kate came into the room.Soon,I heard her screaming,“Take your shoes away!Why under my bed!”Deafened,I saw my shoes flying at me.I jumped to my feet and started yelling.She yelled back louder.The room was filled with anger.We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call.Kate answered it.From her end of the conversation,I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill.When she hung up,she quicklycrawled(爬)under her covers,sobbing.Obviously,that was something she should not go through alone.All of a sudden,a warm feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart.Slowly,I collected the pencils,took back the books,made my bed,cleaned the socks and swept the floor,even on her side.I got so into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up.She was watching,her tears dried and her expression one ofdisbelief.Then,she reached out her hands to grasp mine.I looked up into her eyes.She smiled at me,“Thanks.”Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year.We didn’t always agree,but we learned the key to living together:giving in,cleaning up and holding on.（1）What made Kate so angry one evening?A.She couldn’t find her books.B.She heard the author shouting loud.C.She got the news that her grandma was ill.D.She saw the author’s shoes beneath her bed.（2）The author tidied up the room most probably because .A.she was scared by Kate’s angerB.she hated herself for being so messyC.she wanted to show her careD.she was asked by Kate to do so（3）How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?A.By analyzing causes.B.By showing differences.C.By describing a process.D.By following time order.（4）What might be the best title for the story?A.My Friend KateB.Hard Work Pays OffC.How to Be OrganizedD.Learning to Be RoommatesD4.The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a blackboard is a thing of the past. With the coming of new technologies like computers and smartphones, writing by hand has become something of a nostalgic(怀旧的) skill.However, while today’s educators are using more and more technology in their teaching, many believe basic handwriting skills are still necessary for students to be successful—both in school and in life.Virginia Berninger, professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, says it’s important to continue teaching handwriting and help children acquire the skill of writing by hand.Berninger and her colleagues conducted a study that looked at the ability of students to complete various writing tasks—both on a computer and by hand. The study, published in 2009, found that when writing with a pen and paper, participants wrote longer essays and more complete sentences and had a faster word production rate.In a more recent study, Berninger looked at what role spelling plays in a student’s writing skills and found that how well children spell is tied to how well they can write. “Spelling makes some of the thinking parts of the brain active, which helps us access our vocabulary, word meaning and concepts. It is allowing our written language to connect with ideas.” Berninger said.Spelling helps students translate ideas into words in their mind first and then to transcribe(转换)“those words in the mind into written symbols on paper or keyboard and screen,” the study said. Seeing the words in the “mind’s eye” helps children not only to turn their ideas into words, says Berninger, but also to spot(发现) spelling mistakes when they write the words down and to correct them over time.“In our computer age, some people believe that we don’t have to teach spelling because we have spell checks,” she said. “But until a child has a functional spelling ability of about a fifth grade level, they won’t have the knowledge to choose the correct spelling among the options given by the computer.”（1）What makes writing by hand a thing of the past?A. The absence of blackboards in classrooms.B. The use of new technologies in teaching.C. The lack of practice in handwriting.D. The popular use of smartphones.（2）Berninger’s study published in 2009 .A.focused on the difference between writing by hand and on a computerB.indicated that students prefer to write with a pen and paperC.found that good essays are made up of long sentencesD.discussed the importance of writing speed（3）Which of the following best shows the role of spelling?A.Spelling improves one’s memory of words.B.Spelling ability is closely related to writing ability.C.Spelling benefits the translation from words into ideas.D.Spelling slows down finding exact words to express ideas.（4）What does “mind’s eye” in Paragraph 5 mean?A. Window.B. Soul.C. Picture.D. Imagination.（5）What conclusion could be drawn from the passage?puters can help people with their choice of words.B.Spell checks can take the place of spelling teaching.C.Handwriting still has a place in today’s classrooms.D.Functional spelling ability develops fast in the fifth grade.E5.It was a cold winter day.A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth(收费站).“I ’m paying for myself,and for the six cars behind me,”she said with a smile,handing over seven tickets.One after another,the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed,“Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”It turned out that the woman,Natalie Smith,had read something on a friend ’s refrigerator:“Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.”The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home.When it stayed on her mind for days,she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down.“I thought it was beautiful,”she said,explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters,“like a message from above.”Herhusband,Frank,liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students,one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson,a local newsreporter.Alice put it in the newspaper,admitting that though she liked it,she didn’t know where it came from or what it really meant.Two days later,Alice got a call from Anne Herbert,a woman living in Marin.It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper,after turning it around in her mind for days.“Here’s the idea,”Anne says.“Anything you think there should be more of,do it randomly.”Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools,leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town,and giving money secretly toa proud old lady.Anne says,“Kindness can build on itself as much as violence can.”The acts of random kindness spread.If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid,who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later.Like all great events,kindness begins slowly,with every single act.Let it be yours!（1）Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?A.She knew the car drivers well.B.She wanted to show kindness.C.She hoped to please others.D.She had seven tickets.（2）Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she .A.thought it was beautifully writtenB.wanted to know what it really meantC.decided to write it on a warehouse wallD.wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom（3）Who came up with the phrase according to the passage?A.Judy Foreman.B.Natalie Smith.C.Alice Johnson.D.Anne Herbert.（4）Which of the following statements is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence above?A.Kindness and violence can change the world.B.Kindness and violence can affect one’s behavior.C.Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.D.Kindness and violence can shape one’s character.（5）What can we infer from the last paragraph?A.People should practice random kindness to those in need.B.People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.C.People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet.D.People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.F6.You are the collector in the gallery of your life.You collect.You might not mean to but you do.One out of three people collects tangible(有形的)things such as cats,photos and noisy toys.There are among some 40 collections that are being shown at“The Museum Of”—the first of several new museums which,over the next two years,will exhibit the objects accumulated by unknown collectors.In doing so,they will promote a popular culture of museums,not what museums normally represent.Some of the collections are fairly common—records,model houses.Others arestrangely beautiful—branches that have fallen from tree,for example.But they all reveal(显露)a lot of things:ask someone what they collect and their answers willtell you who they are.Others on the way include“The Museum of Collectors”and“The Museum of Me.”These new ones,it is hoped,will build on the success of“The Museum Of.”The thinkers behind the project want to explore why people collect,and what it means to do so.They hope that visitors who may not have considered themselves collectors will begin to see they,too,collect.Some collectors say they started or stopped making collections at important points:the beginning or end of adolescence—“it’s a growing-up thing;you stop when you grow up,”says one.Other painful times are mentioned,such as the end ofa relationship.For time and life can seem so uncontrollable that a steady serial(顺序排列的)arrangement is comforting.（1）How will the new museums promote a popular culture of museums?A.By collecting more tangible things.B.By showing what ordinary people have collected.C.By correcting what museums normally represent.D.By accumulating 40 collections two years from now.（2）What can be learned about collectors from their collections?A.Who they are.B.How old they are.C.Where they were born.D.Why they might not mean to collect.（3）Which of the following is an aim of the new museums?A.To help people sell their collections.B.To encourage more people to collect.C.To study the significance of collecting.D.To find out why people visit museums.（4）According to the last paragraph,people may stop collecting when they .A.become adultsB.feel happy with lifeC.are ready for a relationshipD.feel time to be uncontrollableG7.A Guide to the UniversityFoodThe TWU Cafeteria is open 7 am to 8 pm.It serves snacks(小吃),drinks,ice cream bars and meals.You can pay with cash or your ID cards.You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk.Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria,you can use the tables to eat your lunch,to have meetings and to study.If you are on campus in the evening or late at night,you can buy snacks,fast food,and drinks in the Lower Cafélocated in the bottom level of the Douglas Centre.This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts,games or TV watching.RelaxationThe Globe,located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall,is available for relaxing,studying,cooking,and eating.Monthly activities are held here for all international students.Hours are 10 am to 10 pm,closed on Sundays.HealthLocated on the top floor of Douglas Hall,the Wellness Centre is committed to physical,emotional and social health.A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice.The cost of this is included in your medical insurance.Hours are Monday to Friday,9 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 pm.Academic SupportAll students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall.Here,qualified volunteers will work with you on writtenwork,grammar,vocabulary,and other academic skills.You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30-minute appointments per week maximum.This service is free.TransportationThe TWU Express is a shuttle(班车)service.The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping centre,leaving from the Mattson Centre.Operation hours are between 9 am and 3 pm.Saturdays only.Round trip fare is $1.（1）What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?A.Do homework and watch TV.B.Buy drinks and enjoy concerts.C.Have meals and meet with friends.D.Add money to your ID and play chess.（2）Where and when can you cook your own food?A.The Globe,Friday.B.The Lower Café,Sunday.C.The TWU Cafeteria,Friday.D.The McMillan Hall,Sunday.（3）The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre .A.is open six days a weekB.offers services free of chargeC.trains students in medical careD.gives advice on mental health（4）How can you seek help from the Writing Centre?A.By applying online.B.By calling the centre.C.By filling in a sign-up form.D.By going to the centre directly.（5）What is the function of TWU Express?A.To carry students to the lecture halls.B.To provide students with campus tours.C.To take students to the Mattson Centre.D.To transport students to and from the stores.H8.However wealthy we may be,we can never find enough hours in the day to do everything we want.Economics deals with this problem through the concept of opportunity cost,which simply refers to whether someone’s time or money could be better spent on something else.Every hour of our time has a value.For every hour we work at one job we could quite easily be doing another,or be sleeping or watching a film.Each of these options has a different opportunity cost—namely,what they cost us in missed opportunities.Say you intend to watch a football match but the tickets are expensive and it will take you a couple of hours to get to and from the stadium.Why not,you might reason,watch the game from home and use theleftovermoney andtimeto have dinner with friends?This—the alternative use of your cash and time—is the opportunity cost.For economists,every decision is made by knowledge of what one must forgo—in terms of money and enjoyment—in order to take it up.By knowing precisely what you are receiving and what you are missing out on,you ought to be able to makebetter-informed,more reasonable decisions.Consider that most famous economic rule of all:there’s no such thing as a free lunch.Even if someone offers to take you out to lunch for free,the time you will spend in the restaurant still costs you something in terms of forgone opportunities.Some people find the idea of opportunity cost extremely discouraging:imagine spending your entire life calculating whether your time would be better spent elsewhere doing something more profitable or enjoyable.Yet,in a sense it’s human nature to do precisely that—we assess the advantages and disadvantages of decisions all the time.In the business world,a popular phrase is“value for money.”People want their cash to go as far as possible.However,another is fast obtaining an advantage:“value for time.”The biggest restriction on our resources is the number of hours we can devote to something,so we look to maximize the return we get on our investment of time.By reading this passage you are giving over a bit of your time which could be spent doing other activities,such as sleeping and eating.In return,however,this passage will help you to think like an economist,closely considering the opportunity cost of each of your decisions.（1）According to the passage,the concept of“opportunity cost”is applied to .A.making more moneyB.taking more opportunitiesC.reducing missed opportunitiesD.weighing the choice of opportunities（2）The“leftover ...time”in Paragraph 3 probably refers to the time .A.spared for watching the match at homeB.taken to have dinner with friendsC.spent on the way to and from the matchD.saved from not going to watch the match（3）What are forgone opportunities?A.Opportunities you forget in decision-making.B.Opportunities you give up for better ones.C.Opportunities you miss accidentally.D.Opportunities you make up for.I9.Tail SpinTwo dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin, Grace, shows off a few of her tricks, turning aroundand waving hello to the crowd. The most amazing thing about her, however,is that she’s even swimming at all. She doesn’t have a tail.Grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap.When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she was fighting for her life.“Is she going to make it?”Her trainer, Abbey Stone, feared the worst. Grace did make it —but her tail didn’t. She ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle.Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. Grace taught herself to move another way—like a fish! She pushes herself forward through the water by moving her peduncle from side to side.The movements put harmful pressure on Grace’s backbone. So a company offered to create a man-made tail for her. The tail had to be strong enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn’t hurt her.The first time Grace wore the artificial tail, she soon shook it off and let it sink to the bottom of the pool. Now, she is still learning to use the tail. Some days she wears it for an hour at a time, others not at all. “The new tail isn’t necessary for her to feel comfortable,”says Stone,“but it helps to keep that range of motion(动作)and build muscles(肌肉).”Now, the dolphin is about to get an even happier ending. This month, Grace will star inDolphin Tale, a film that focuses on her rescue and recovery. Her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to meet her. Seeing Grace swim with her man-made tail gives people so much courage.（1）When Grace first arrived at the Ocean Park,her trainer worried about her .A.physical buildB.potential abilityC.chance of survivalD.adaptation to the surroundings（2）A man-made tail is created for Grace to .A.let her recover fasterB.make her comfortableC.adjust her way of swimmingD.help her perform better tricks（3）The story of Grace inspires people to .A.stick to their dreamsB.treat animals friendlyC.treasure what they haveD.face difficulties bravelyJ10.Before I had my son,I spent two years working with children with disabilities.I learned that shouting and threats of punishment would result in a ing up against their behaviour could only make the job harder and their behaviour more extreme.I found something that worked,though.There was a very naughty boy in the nursery and a teacher who was generally very confident with the children was asked to take charge of him.One day the boy joineda session in the room next to mine.His appearance created an atmosphere of tension.Hespent the entire session running around, hitting and kicking, and destroying property.I was in the craft room working with some other children when my co-worker toldme that this boy’s teacher was in tears, and could not get control of the situation.As we were talking, the boy ran in.I told my co-worker that I would take care of him.I closed the door.He was full of energy, throwing things around and making a hugemess.But I could see that he was doing all these to annoy me.He needed connection, and this was the only way he knew how to ask for it.So I sat back down and kept quiet.Then he slowed down and began making a rocket.I talked to him about it.We continued like this for a few minutes before I slipped into the conversation: “So what happened today?”It was purely a question,no blame or anger in my tone.I believe that if I had criticized him,the gate that was slowly opening would have shut firmly closed.He told me that the teacher didn’t let him do what he knew well due to safety but asked him to do what he disliked.He also admitted that he had enjoyed making her run around and saw it as a game.I explained that his teacher had not seen it asa game and was very upset.This again was stated simply as a fact.I suggested thatnext time he had a session,he talk about what he hoped to do at the start,which might be easier for everyone.He agreed and was quiet for a moment.Then he looked at me with tears in his eyes before quietly asking if he could go to find his teacher to apologize.（1）The boy made trouble for his teacher because he .A.was accused of destroying propertyB.was told not to yell at other childrenC.was made to do things against his willD.was blamed for creating an air of tension（2）Why didn’t the author do anything about the boy’s bad behavior at first?A.She didn’t want to make it worse.B.She didn’t mind the huge mess at all.C.She was tired of shouting and threats.D.She hadn’t thought of a coping strategy.（3）The author managed to get the boy to talk to her by .A.playing games with himB.giving him a good suggestionC.describing his teacher’s feelingsD.avoiding making critical remarks（4）Why did the boy have tears in his eyes in the end?A.He was sorry about his reputation.B.He was regretful about his behavior.C.He was fearful of the author’s warning.D.He was sad for the author’s misunderstanding.答案解析1.【参考答案】【文章大意】本文通过对物质富有和精神富有的对比,阐述了精神富有的重要性。

2020年高考英语阅读理解专项练习20篇(带答案)

2020年高考英语阅读理解专项练习20篇(名师精讲解题技巧，建议下载练习)【2018杭州高考模拟卷】The number of giraffes is becoming smaller across Africa, according to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. The total population has dropped by 40 percent in the last 15 years. Surprisingly, even scientists haven’t given much attention to giraffes. We are learning more about their ecology, but what we know is still way behind what we know about other species. “It’s a silent extinction,” said Dr. Julian Hennessy, a wildlife scientist.“The main reason for the smaller number of giraffes is their loss of living places,” said Hennessy, “as an increasing part of land is used for farming. But hunting also has a big influence.” You might wonder why hunters would focus on giraffes. First of all, once a giraffe is brought down, there is lots of meat with a small amount of effort. Besides, there is another thing encouraging the hunting. In Tanzania, Hennessy says, the latest word on the street is that eating giraffe meat could cure AIDS. Fresh giraffe heads and bones can be sold at prices of up to $140 per piece.Another widespread misconception about giraffes is that they are everywhere. Look at kids’ books which are full of giraffes. They are always in zoo collections. They can be seen easily, so you don't think we have to worry about them. But the truth is that they are in danger of extinction. There is a lack of right and true data.Hennessy and other researchers are now pulling together the data needed to improve the situation of the entire giraffe species and all nine subspecies（亚种）. The information will be used to change the giraffe's listing on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, which now lists the species as of “least concern” but two subspecies as “endangered”. “It’s a lot of work to gather the necessary information,” Hennessy says. “And several other giraffe subspecies will be recommended for endangered listings next year or the year after.” He hopes that the world will finally start to take notice of how endangered these belov ed animals have become.1. By saying “It’s a silent extinction”, Hennessy tells us that ______.A. giraffes are unpopular in AfricaB. the giraffe is always silent in daily lifeC. the ecology of Africa needs more attentionD. the extinction occurs without enough attentionA. The country’s custom.B. The illegal international trade.C. The cost of hunting a giraffe.D. The idea that it’s a cure for AIDS.3. The misconception in Para. 3 can be corrected by ______.A. preventing illegal hunting in AfricaB. rewriting kids’ books about giraffesC. providing reliable data about giraffesD. spreading scientific knowledge of AIDS4. The final purpose of Hennessy’s great effort is to ______.A. collect more information about giraffesB. raise public awareness of protecting giraffesC. prove giraffes will disappear in the next few yearsD. work with the International Union for Conservation of Nature【答案】DDCB概念：作者并未把意图说出来，读者要根据字面意思，研究细节的暗示，推敲作者的态度，这就是推理判断题。

【高考专题】2020年高考英语专题复习阅读理解(15篇) 五(含答案)

2020年高考英语专题复习阅读理解(15篇) 五A1.In 1974, after filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer, I took what I could get—a teaching job at what I considereda distant wild area: western New Jersey. My characteristic optimism was alive onlywhen I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen—teaching English.School started, but I felt more and more as if I were in a foreign country. Was this rural area really New Jersey? My students took a week off when hunting season began. I was told they were also frequently absent in late October to help their fathers make hay on the farms. I was a young woman from New York City, who thought that“Make hay while the sun shines”just meant to have a good time.But, still, I was teaching English. I worked hard, taking time off only to eat and sleep. And then there was my sixth-grade class—seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me. I had a problem long before I knew it. I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher. I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love of the written word. The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior.So I did, confident that, as the textbook had said, the bad behavior would disappear as I gave my students positive attention. It sounds reasonable, but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans, particularly teenagers, rarely seemreasonable. By the time my boss, who was also my taskmaster, known to be the strictest, most demanding, most quick to fire inexperienced teachers, came into the classroom to observe me, the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.My boss sat in the back of the room. The boys in the class were making animal noises, hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines. I just pretended it all wasn’t happening, and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions. My boss, sitting in the back of the room, seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. After twenty minutes he left, silently. Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes.I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying, butat my next free period I had to face him. I wondered if he would let me finish out the day. I walked to his office, took a deep breath, and opened the door.He was sitting in his chair, and he looked at me long and hard. I said nothing.All I could think of was that I was not an English teacher;I had been lying to myself, pretending that everything was fine.When he spoke, he said simply, without accusation, “You had nothing to say to them. ”“You had nothing to say to them.”he repeated. “No wonder they’re bored. Why not get to the meat of the literature and stop talking about symbolism. Talk with them, not at them. And more important, why do you ignore their bad behavior?”We talked. He named my problems and offered solutions. We role-played. He was the bad student, and I was the forceful, yet, warm, teacher.As the year progressed, we spent many hours discussing literature and ideas about human beings and their motivations. He helped me identify my weaknesses and my strengths. In short, he made a teacher of me by teaching me the reality of Emerson’s words:“The secret to education lies in respecting the pupil.”Fifteen years later I still drive that same winding road to the same school. Thanks to the help I received that difficult first year, the school is my home now.（1）It can be inferred from the story that in 1974 .A.the writer became an optimistic personB.the writer was very happy about her new jobC.it was rather difficult to get a job in the USAD.it was easy to get a teaching job in New Jersey（2）According to the passage, which of the following is most probably the writer’s problem as a new teacher?A.She had blind trust in what she learnt at college.B.She didn’t ask experienced teachers for advice.C.She took too much time off to eat and sleep.D.She didn’t like teaching English literature.（3）What is the writer’s biggest worry after her taskmaster’s observation of her class?A.She might lose her teaching job.B.She might lose her students’ respect.C.She couldn’t teach the same class any more.D.She couldn’t ignore her students’ bad behavior any more.（4）Which of the following gives the writer a sense of mild victory?A.Her talk about symbolism sounded convincing.B.Her students behaved a little better than usual.C.She managed to finish the class without crying.D.She was invited for a talk by her boss after class.（5）The students behaved badly in the writer’s classes because .A.they were eager to embarrass herB.she didn’t really understand themC.they didn’t regard her as a good teacherD.she didn’t have a good command of English（6）The taskmaster’s attitude towards the writer after his observation of her class can be best described as .A.cruel but encouragingB.fierce but forgivingC.sincere and supportiveD.angry and aggressiveB2.When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolutedelight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved(毫无掩饰的).In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.In adulthood the things that bring deep joy—love, marriage, birth—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated(复杂的).My definition of happiness is“the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work. I don’t think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her.We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we’ve got to have. We’re so self-conscious about our“right”to it that it’s making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren’t necessarily happier.Happiness isn’t about what happens to us—it’s about how we see what happens to us. It’s the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It’s not wishing for what we don’t have, but enjoying what we do possess.（1）As people grow older,they .A.feel it harder to experience happinessB.associate their happiness less with othersC.will take fewer risks in pursuing happinessD.tend to believe responsibility means happiness（2）What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 5 and 6?A.She cares little about her own health.B.She enjoys the freedom of traveling.C.She is easily pleased by things in daily life.D.She prefers getting pleasure from housework.（3）What can be inferred from Paragraph 7?A.Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness.B.Psychologists’ opinion is well proved by Grandma’s case.C.Grandma often found time for social gatherings.D.Grandma’s happiness came from modest expectations of life.（4）People who equal happiness with wealth and success .A.consider pressure something blocking their wayB.stress their right to happiness too muchC.are at a loss to make correct choicesD.are more likely to be happy（5）What can be concluded from the passage?A.Happiness lies between the positive and the negative.B.Each man is the master of his own fate.C.Success leads to happiness.D.Happy is he who is content.C3.Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids (孩子) to?Try some of these places:·Visit art museums.They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids’interest.Many offer workshops for making hand-made pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings by children’s favorite writers, and even musical performances and other arts.·Head to a natural history museum.This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur(恐龙) models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky.Also, ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.·Go to a Youtheater.Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors.Pre-show play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids can discover the secret about performing arts.Puppet(木偶)making and stage make-up are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.·Try hands-on science. Visit one of the many hands-on science museums around the country.These science play-lands are great fun for kids and grown-ups alike.They’ll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons, experimenting, and building.When everyone is tired, enjoy a fun family science show, commonly found in these museums.（1）If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will visit .A.a YoutheaterB.an art museumC.a natural history museumD.a hands-on science museum（2）What can kids do at a Youtheater?A. Look at rock collections.B. See dinosaur models.C. Watch puppet making.D. Give performances.（3） What does “hands-on science” mean in the last paragraph?A. Science games designed by kids.B. Learning science by doing things.C. A show of kids’ science work.D. Reading science books.（4）Where does this text probably come from?A. A science textbook.B. A tourist map.C. A museum guide.D. A news report.D4.The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence—other countries might learn from its mistakes.For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798.He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. Then whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate(磷酸盐) on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which is a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a companystrip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip-mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars.In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem—their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was almost financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.（1）What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?A.To seek help for Nauru’s problems.B.To give a warning to other countries.C.To show the importance of money.D.To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.（2）What was Nauru like before the Europeans came?A.Rich and powerful.B.Modern and open.C.Peaceful and attractive.D.Greedy and aggressive.（3）The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from .A.soil pollutionB.phosphate overminingC.farming activityD.whale hunting（4）Which of the following was a cause of Nauru’s financial problem?A.Its leaders misused the money.B.It spent too much repairing the island.C.Its phosphate mining cost much money.D.It lost millions of dollars in the civil war.（5）What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph?A.The ecological damage is difficult to repair.B.The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously.C.The island was abandoned by the Nauruans.D.The phosphate mines were destroyed.EF5.When John was growing up,other kids felt sorry for him.His parents always had him weeding the garden,carrying out the garbage and delivering newspapers.But when John reached adulthood,he was better off than his childhood playmates.He had more job satisfaction,a better marriage and was healthier.Most of all,he was happier.Far happier.These are the findings of a 40-year study that followed the lives of 456 teenage boys from Boston.The study showed that those who had worked as boys enjoyed happier and more productive lives than those who had not.“Boys who worked in the home or community gained competence(能力)and came to feel they were worthwhile members of society,”said George Vaillant,the psychologist(心理学家)who made the discovery.“And because they felt good about themselves,others felt good about them.”Vaillant’s study followed these males in great detail.Interviews were repeated at ages 25,31 and 47.Under Vaillant,the researchers compared the men’smental-health scores with their boyhood-activity scores.Points were awarded for part-time jobs,housework,effort in school,and ability to deal with problems.The link between what the men had done as boys and how they turned out as adults was surprisingly sharp.Those who had done the most boyhood activities were twice as likely to have warm relations with a wide variety of people,five times as likely to be well paid and 16 times less likely to have been unemployed.The researchersalso found that IQ and family social and economic class made no real difference in how the boys turned out.Working—at any age—is important.Childhood activities help a child develop responsibility,independence, confidence and competence—the underpinnings(基础)of emotional health.They also help him understand that people must cooperate and work toward common goals.The most competent adults are those who know how to do this.Yet work isn’t everything.As Tolstoy once said,“One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love,to work for the person one loves and to love one’s work.”（1）What do we know about John?A.He enjoyed his career and marriage.B.He had few childhood playmates.C.He received little love from his family.D.He was envied by others in his childhood.（2）Vaillant’s words in Paragraph 2 serve as .A.a description of personal values and social valuesB.an analysis of how work was related to competenceC.an example for parents’expectations of their childrenD.an explanation why some boys grew into happy men（3）Vaillant’s team obtained their findings by .A.recording the boys’effort in schoolB.evaluating the men’s mental healthparing different sets of scoresD.measuring the men’s problem solving ability（4）What does the underlined word“sharp”probably mean in Paragraph 4?A.Quick to react.B.Having a thin edge.C.Clear and definite.D.Sudden and rapid.（5）What can be inferred from the last paragraph?petent adults know more about love than work.B.Emotional health is essential to a wonderful adult life.C.Love brings more joy to people than work does.D.Independence is the key to one’s success.G6.For those who make journeys across the world, the speed of travel today has turned the countries into a series of villages. Distances between them appear no greater to a modern traveler than those which once faced men as they walked from village to village. Jet planes fly people from one end of the earth to the other, allowing them a freedom of movement undreamt of a hundred years ago.Yet some people wonder if the revolution in travel has gone too far. A price has been paid, they say, for the conquest(征服) of time and distance. Travel is something to be enjoyed, not endured(忍受). The boat offers leisure and time enough to appreciate the ever-changing sights and sounds of a journey. A journey by train also has a special charm about it. Lakes and forests and wild, open plains sweeping past your carriage window create a grand view in which time and distance mean nothing. On board a plane, however, there is just the blank blue of the sky filling the narrow windows of the airplane. The soft lighting, in-flight films and gentle music make up the only world you know, and the hours progress slowly.Then there is the time spent being ‘processed’ at a modern airport. People are conveyed like robots along walkways; baggage is weighed, tickets produced, examined and produced yet again before the passengers move to another waiting area. Journeys by rail and sea take longer, yes, but the hours devoted to being ‘processed’ at departure and arrival in airports are luckily absent. No wonder, then, that the modern high-speed trains are winning back passengers from the airlines.Man, however, is now a world traveler and cannot turn his back on the airplane. The working lives of too many people depend upon it; whole new industries have been built around its design and operation. The holiday-maker, too, with limited time to spend, patiently endures the busy airports and the limited space of the flight to gain those extra hours and even days, relaxing in the sun. Speed controls people’s lives; time saved, in work or play, is the important thing—or so we are told. Perhaps those first horsemen, riding free across the wild, open plains, were enjoying a better world than the one we know today. They could travel at will, and the clock was not their master.（1）What does the writer try to express in Paragraph 1?A.Travel by plane has speeded up the growth of villages.B.The speed of modern travel has made distances relatively short.C.The freedom of movement has helped people realize their dreams.D.Man has been fond of traveling rather than staying in one place.（2）How does the writer support the underlined statement in Paragraph 2?A.By giving instructions.B.By analyzing cause and effect.C.By following the order of time.D.By giving examples.（3）According to Paragraph 3, passengers are turning back to modern high-speed trains because .A.they pay less for the ticketsB.they feel safer during the travelC.they can enjoy higher speed of travelD.they don’t have to waste time being ‘processed’（4）What does the last sentence of the passage mean?A.They could enjoy free and relaxing travel.B.They needed the clock to tell the time.C.They preferred traveling on horseback.D.They could travel with their master.（5）What is the main idea of the passage?A.Air travel benefits people and industries.B.Train travel has some advantages over air travel.C.Great changes have taken place in modern travel.D.The high speed of air travel is gained at a cost.H7.Astronauts on shorter shuttle missions(使命)often work very long days.Tasks are scheduled so tightly that break times are often used to finish the day’s work.This type of schedule is far too demanding for long missions on the International Space Station (ISS).ISS crewmembers usually live in space for at leasta quarter of a year.They work five days on and two days off to mimic the normalway they do things on Earth as much as possible.Weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of housework.They can communicate with family and friends by email,internet phone and through private video conferences.While astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit,there are many familiar activities that they can still enjoy.Before a mission,the family and friends of each ISS crewmember put together a collection of family photos,messages,videos and reading material for the astronauts to look at when they will be floating 370 kilometers above the Earth.During their mission,the crew also receives care packages with CDs,books,magazines,photos and letters.And as from early 2010,the internet became available on the ISS,giving astronauts the chance to do some “web surfing(冲浪)” in their personal time.Besides relaxing with these more common entertainments,astronauts can simply enjoy the experience of living in space.Many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in space is to look out the window and stare at the universe and the Earth.Both the shuttle and the ISS circle the planet several times each day,and every moment offers a new view of the Earth’s vast land mass and oceans.（1）What does the word“mimic”in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. Find.B. Copy.C. Change.D. Lose.（2） Which of the following best describes the families of the astronauts on the ISS?A.They are caring and thoughtful.B.They are worried and upset.C.They are impatient and annoyed.D.They are excited and curious.（3）In the final paragraph,the author shows that astronauts .A.get more pleasure in space than on the EarthB.find living in space a bit boring and tiringC.regard space life as commonD.love to see the Earth from space（4）The passage mainly discusses how astronauts .A.work for longer missions in spaceB.connect with people on the EarthC.observe the Earth from spaceD.spend their free time in spaceI8.As a young boy,I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad.He was a rural mail carrier,and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him.Driving through the countryside was always an adventure:There were animals to see,people to visit,and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop,and Dad did.In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens,and when I was a boy it was such fun to stick your fingers through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.On Dad’s final day of work,it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailbox to thank him for his friendship and his years of service.“Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route,”he used to say,“and a story at every one.”One lady had no mailbox,so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind.Once inside,he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail.One note left in a mailbox read,“Nat,take these eggs to Marian;she’s baking a cake and doesn’t have any eggs.”Mailboxes might be buried in the snow,or broken,or lying on the ground,but the mail was always delivered.On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate.A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps,so she left a few buttons on the envelope in the mailbox;Dad paid for the stamps.One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank.Once,the amount came to $ 32,000.A dozen years ago,when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad’s death,the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories.I thoughtI knew them all,but that wasn’t the case.As I drove home,I noticed two lamp poles,one on each side of the street.When my dad was around,those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground.One box was painted green,and the other was red,and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering:SANTA CLAUS,NORTH POLE.For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.I made a turn at the corner and drove past the post office and across the railroadtracks to our house.Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps.There,at the door,stood Frank Townsend,Dad’s postmaster and great friend for many years.So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes.“What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas?”he asked.“The letters?”“I guess you never knew.”“Knew what?”“Remember,when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street?It was your dad who answered all those letters every year.”I just sat there with tears in my eyes.It wasn’t hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old oak table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one.I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood,and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.For me,just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.（1）It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad as .A.great chances to help other peopleB.happy occasions to play with baby chickensC.exciting experiences with a lot of funD.good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies（2）The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that .A.Dad had a strong sense of dutyB.Dad was an honest and reliable manC.Dad had a strong sense of honorD.Dad was a kind and generous man（3）According to the passage,which of the following impressed the writer most?A.Dad read letters for a blind lady for years.B.Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl.C.Dad delivered some eggs to Marian.D.Dad answered children’s Christmas letters every year.（4）The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph 4 is .A.offering analysesB.providing explanationsC.giving examplesD.making comparisons（5）What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year?A.Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole.B.Santa Claus answered all their letters every year.C.Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children.D.Santa Claus had so much information about their families.（6）Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A.The MailB.Christmas LettersC.Special MailboxesD.Memorable TravelsJ9.In his 1930 essay“Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren”, John Keynes,a famous economist,wrote that human needs fall into two classes:absolute needs,which are independent of what others have,and relative needs,which make us feel superior to our fellows. He thought that although relative needs may indeed be insatiable(无止境的),this is not true of absolute needs.Keynes was surely correct that only a small part of total spending is decided by the desire for superiority. He was greatly mistaken, however, in seeing this desire as the only source of insatiable demands.Decisions to spend are also driven by ideas of quality which can influence the demand for almost all goods, including even basic goods like food. When a couple goes out for an anniversary dinner, for example, the thought of feeling superior to others probably never comes to them. Their goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.There are no obvious limits to the escalation of demands for quality. For example, Porsche, a famous car producer, has a model which was considered perhaps the best sports car on the market. Priced at over $120, 000, it handles perfectly well and has great speed acceleration. But in 2004, the producer introduced some changes which made the model slightly better in handling and acceleration. People who really care about cars find these small improvements exciting. To get them, however, they must pay almost four times the price.By placing the desire to be superior to others at the heart of his description of insatiable demands, Keynes actually reduced such demands. However, the desire for higher quality has no natural limits.（1）According to the passage,John Keynes believed that .A.desire is the root of both absolute and relative needsB.absolute needs come from our sense of superiorityC.relative needs alone lead to insatiable demandsD.absolute needs are stronger than relative needs（2）What do we know about the couple in Paragraph 3?A.They want to show their superiority.B.They find specialty important to meals.C.Their demands for food are not easily satisfied.D.Their choice of dinner is related to ideas of quality.（3）What does the underlined word“escalation”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Understanding.B. Increase.C.Difference.D. Study.（4）The author of the passage argues that .A.absolute needs have no limitsB.demands for quality are not insatiableC.human desires influence ideas of qualityD.relative needs decide most of our spending。

【2020】高考英语阅读专项训练及答案

A. She couldn’t say anything at all.B. She almost couldn’t remember anything.C. She couldn’t walk at all.D. She couldn’t hear anything at all.4. It can be inferred from the passage that Ms. Thatcher was ________.A. humorousB. sensitiveC. determinedD. generous答案与解析【解题导语】 20xx年4月8日英国前首相玛格丽特·撒切尔因病去世，享年87岁.。

作为20世纪任期最长并且是英国历史上的第一位女首相，她以强硬的治国风格著称，带领英国走出了经济困境.。

1. 答案 C2. 答案 D解析细节理解题.。

根据文章倒数第二段中的did what any ... send in the British Army可知，答案为D项.。

3. 答案 B解析细节理解题.。

根据文章最后一段中的She hardly remembered anything 可知，答案为B项.。

4. 答案 C解析推理判断题.。

根据文章第一段的she was called “Iron Lady”及第二段中的she was a woman with great decisions和倒数第二段中的Ms. Thatcher did what any strong leader would do可知，她是一个“坚定的”人，故选C 项.。

China Space “Jade Rabbit” Lunar Mission Blasts Off1 December 20xx last updated at 19:00 GMTChina has launched its first lunar rover(月球车) mission, the next key step in the Asian superpower’s ambitious space program. The Chang’e 3 mission blasted off from Xichang in the south at 1:30 am on Monday of the local time. What the Long March rocket carries to the moon includes a landing module (登陆舱) and a six wheeled robotic rover called Yutu, or Jade Rabbit.The mission should land in the moon’s northern hemisphere in mid December.This will be the third robotic rover mission to land on the lunar surface, but the Chinese vehicle carries more advanced equipment, including ground penetrating radar which will gather measurements of the lunar soil.The 120 kg Jade Rabbit rover can climb slopes of up to 30 degrees and travel at 200 m per hour, according to its designer the Shanghai Aerospace Systems Engineering Research Institute.The US Apollo astronauts Eugene Cernan and Aldrin have also remarked in a recent article that the landing module is much bigger than it needs to be to carry the rover, suggesting that it could be precursor (先驱) technology to a human landing.If successful, the mission, aimed at exploring the moon’s surface and looking for natural resources such as rare metals, will be a milestone in China’s long term space exploration program, which includes establishing a permanent space station in Earth orbit.5. You will most probably read this article ________.A. in a magazineB. on a websiteC. in a newspaperD. on a billboard6. Which of the following features makes Jade Rabbit rover special?A. It is much bigger than it needs to be.B. It can climb higher and travel faster than previous ones.C. It carries more advanced equipment to collect data of the lunar soil.D. It will end up in a permanent space station in Earth orbit.7. How did the Chinese robotic rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, get its name?A. People voted on the Internet.B. The goddess Chang’e named it after her pet.C. Its name was chosen by government officials.D. It was named after its designer.8. The remarks given by Eugene Cernan and Aldrin suggest that ________.B. China’s recent space success is envied by American astronautsD. there is a possibility that China is considering landing man on the moon in the future答案与解析【解题导语】本文是一篇新闻报道.。

2020年高三英语阅读理解专项训练（含答案）

2020年高三英语阅读理解专项训练（含答案）2020年高三英语阅读理解专项训练(名师精选真题+实战训练，建议下载练习)一Not so long ago, most people didn’t know who Shelly Ann Francis Pryce was go to become. She was just an average high school athlete. There was every indication thatshe was just another American teenager without much of a future. However, one person wants to change this. Stephen Francis observed then eighteen-year-old Shelly Ann as a track meet and was convinced that he had seen the beginning of true greatness. H ertime were not exactly impressive, but even so, he seemed there was something trying toget out, something the other coaches had overlooked when they had assessed her andfound her lacking. He decided to offer Shelly Ann a place in his very strict training seasons. Their cooperation quickly produced re sults, and a few year later at JamaicaOlympic games in early 2008, Shelly Ann, who at that time only ranked number 70 in短跑).the world, beat Jamaica’s unchallen ged queen of the sprint( asked an astonished sprinting world, before “Where d id she come from?”concluding that she must be one of those one-hit wonders that spring up from time totime, only to disappear again without signs. But Shelly Ann was to prove that she was anything but a one-hit wonder. At theBeijing Olympic she swept away any doubtsabout her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever towin the 100 meters Olympic gold. She did it again one year on at the World Championship in Briton, becoming world champion with a time of 10.73--- the fourthrecord ever.Shelly-Ann is a little woman with a big smile. She has a mental toughness that did not come about by chance. Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has toughest been anything but smooth and effortless. She grew up in one of Jamaica’sinner-city communities known as Waterhouse, where she lived in a one-room apartment, sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers. Waterhouse, one of the poorest communities in Jamaica, is a really violent and overpopulated place. Several of Shelly-Ann's friends and family were caught up in the killings; one of her cousins was shot dead only a few streets away from where she lived. Sometimes her family didn have enough to eat. She ran at the school championships barefooted because she es. Her mother Maxime, one of a family of fourteen, had been an couldn’t afford shoathlete herself as a young girl but, like so many other girls in Waterhouse, had to stop after sh e had her first baby. Maxime’s early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse's roundabout of poverty. One of the first things Maxime used to do with Shelly-Ann was taking her to the track, and she was ready to sacrifice everything.It didn't take long for Shelly-Ann to realize that sports couldbe her way out of Waterhouse. O n a summer evening in Beijing in 2008, all those long, hard hours of work and commitment finally bore fruit. The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty, surrounded by criminals and violence, had written a new chapter in the history of sports.But Shelly-Ann’s victory was far greater than that. The night she won Olympic gold in Beijing, the routine murders in Waterhouse and the drug wars in the neighbouring streets stopped. The dark cloud above one of the world’s toughest criminalI have so much fire burning for neighbourhoods simply disappeared for a few days. “my country,”Shelly said. She plans to start a foundation for homeless children andwants to build a community centre in Waterhouse. She hopes to inspire the Jamaicansto lay down their weapons. She intends to fight to make it a woman’s as world.Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made As Muhammad Ali puts it, “from something they have deep inside them. A desire, a dream, a vision.”One of thethings Shelly-Ann can be proud of is her understanding of this truth.1. Why did Stephen Francis decide to coach Shelly-Ann?A. He had a strong desire to free her family from trouble.B. He sensed a great potential in her despite her weaknesses.C. She had big problems maintaining her performance.D. She suffered a lot of defeats at the previous track meets.2. What did the sprinting world think of Shelly-Ann beforethe 2008 Olympic Games?A. She would become a promising star.B. She badly needed to set higher goals.C. Her sprinting career would not last long.D. Her talent for sprinting was known to all.3. What made Maxime decide to train her daughter on the track?A. Her success and lessons in her career.B. Her interest in Shelly-Ann’s quick profit.C. Her wish to get Shelly-Ann out of poverty.D. Her early entrance into the sprinting world.4. What can we infer from Shelly-Ann's statement underlined in Paragraph 5?A. She was highly rewarded for her efforts.B. She was eager to do more for her country.C. She became an athletic star in her country.D. She was the envy of the whole community.5. By mentio ning Muhammad Ali’s words, the author intends to tell us that .A. players should be highly inspired by coachesB. great athletes need to concentrate on patienceC. hard work is necessary in one’s achievementsD. motivation allows great athletes to be on the top6. What is the best title for the passage?A. The Making of a Great AthleteB. The Dream for ChampionshipC. The Key to High PerformanceD. The Power of Full Responsibility答案1—6 BCCBDA二Two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bik e basket. I have thought long and hard about it and it’s true.I would be a different person if my m hadn’t turned a silly bicycle accessory into a life lesson I carry with me today.My mother and father were united in their way of raising children, but it mostlyfell to my mother to actually carry it out. Looking back, I honestly dondid it. Managing the family budget must have been a very hard task., but she made itlook effortless. If we complained about not having what another kid did, we’d hearand –so got for his birthday, you are not getting a something like, “I don’t care what so –We had to earn ourTV in your room a car for your birthday a lsvish sweet 16 party.”allowance by doing chores around the house. I can still l remember how long it took topolish the legs of our coffee table. My brothers can no doubt remember hours spent cleaning the house .Like the two little girls growing up at the White House, we madeour own beds (no one left the house until that was done)and picked up after ourselves.We had to keep track of our belongings ,and if something was lost ,it was not replaced.It was summer and ,one day ,my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tirefixed---and there it was in the window, White, shiny, plastic and decorated withflowers ,the basket winked at me and I knew ----I k new---I had to have it.”What a neat basket.”“It’s beautiful,” my mother said when I pointed it out to her,I tried to hold off at first ,I played it cool for a short while. But then I guess Iplease can I plea se ,please get it? I ’ll do extra at and it any longer:“Mom,couldn’tthat basket.chores for as long as you say, I’ll do anything ,but I need that basket,I lovePlease ,Mom .Please?”I was desperate.she said ,gently rubbing my back while we both stared at what I “You know,”believes was the coolest thing ever,” If you save up you could buy this yourself.t gone!”“By the time I make enough it’ll bu“Maybe Roger here could hold it for you,” she smiled at Roger ,the bike guy “He can’t hold it for that long ,Mom .Someone else will buy it .Please, Mom, Please?”“There might be another way,” she said.And so our paying plan unfolded. My mother bought the beautiful basket and put itsafely in some hiding place I couldn’t find. Each week I eagerly counted my grow saving increased by extra work here and there (washing the car ,helping my mothermake dinner, delivering or collecting things on my bike that already looked nakedwithout the basket in front).And then ,weeks later ,I counted ,re-counted and jumpedfor joy. Oh ,happy day ! I made it! I finally had the exact amount we’dayed with millions Days later the unthinkable happened. A neighborhood girl I’d plof times appeared with the exact same basket fixed to her shiny ,new bike that alreadyhad all the bells and whistles. I rode hard and fast home to tell my mother about this disaster. This horrible turn of events.And then came the lesso n . I’ve taken with me through my life:”Honey, Your b is extra-special,” Mom said, gently wiping away my hot tears.”Your ba sket is sp because you paid for it yourself.”1.What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?A. The children enjoyed doing housework.B. The author came from s well-off familyC. The mother raised her children in an unusual wayD. The children were fon d of the US president’s daughters.2.When the author saw the basket in the window, she .A. fell in love with itB. stared at her motherC. recognized it at onceD. went up to the bike guy3.Why did the author say many “please” to her mother?A. She longed to do extra work.B. She was eager to have the basket.C. She felt tired after standing too long.D. She wanted to be polite to her mother.4.By using “naked” (Paragraph 12),the author seems to stress that the basket wasA. something she could affordB. something important to herC. something impossible to getD. something she could do without5.To the author, it seemed to be a horrible turn of events thatA. something spoiled her paying planB. the basket cost more than she had savedC. a neighborhood girl had bought a new bikeD. someone else had got a basket of the same kind6.What is the life lesson the author learned from her mother?A. Save money for a rainy dayB. Good advice is beyond all price.C. Earn your bread with your sweatD. God helps those who help themselves答案：1---6 CABBD C三You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson.Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?Jane Addams(1860-1935)Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addans helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community(社区)by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need In 1931,Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.Rachel Carson(1907-1964)If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the lakes and oceans.harmful effects of chemicals on h umans and on the world’s -present)Sandra Day O’Connor(1930When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952,she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator(参议员) and ,in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 yearson the top court.Rosa Parks(1913-2005)On December 1,1955,in Montgomery, Alabama,Rasa Parks would not give up her seaton a bus to a passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgmery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rightsrks.movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,” said Pa1.What is Jane Addams noted for in history?A. Her social work.B. Her lack of proper training in law.C. Her efforts to win a prize.D. Her community background.2. What is the reason for O’Connor’s being rejected by thelaw firm?A. Her lack of proper training in law.B. Her little work experience in court.C. The discrimination against women.D. The poor financial conditions.3. Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the US?A. Jane Addams.B. Rachel Carson.C. Sandra Da y O’Connor.D. Rosa Parks.4. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?A. They are highly educated.B. They are truly creative.C. They are pioneers.D. They are peace-lovers.答案： 1 --- 4 A C D.C四Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test atthe beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set ofomething out of the Tinkertoys. Tinkertoys in front of each student, and said:”Make sYou have 45 minutes today - a nd 45minutes each day for the rest of the week.”A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of themodel plans provided. Another group built something out oftheir own imaginations.Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home.I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creativemind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感染) other students.Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk of losing thosestudents who had a different style of thinking. Without fail one would declare,just not creative.”“Do you dream at night when you’re asleep?”“Oh, sure.”“So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.” The student would tell som wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads.“That’s pretty creative. Who does that for you?”“Nobody. I do it.”“Really-at night, when you’re asleep?”“Sure.”“Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay?”1. The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to ________?A. know more about the studentsB. make the lessons more excitingD. teach the students about toy designC. raise the students’ interest in art2. What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph3?A. He liked to help his teacher.B. He preferred to study alone.C. He was active in class.D. He was imaginative.3. What does the underlined word “downside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Mistake.B. Drawback.C. Difficulty.D. Burden.4. Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?A. To help them to see their creativity.B. To find out about their sleeping habits.C. To help them to improve their memory.D. To find out about their ways of thinking.答案：1---4 A DBA五On one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take acouple of New York friends out to dinner. They settled in at a comfortable East Sidecafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.-haired writer remembered being “Hey, aren’t you from Mississippi?” the elegant, whiteasked by the stranger. “I’m from Mississippi too.”Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair.“They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,” Welty said. “I di my New York friends were thinking.”Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine. By the time the group got upto leave, it was pouring outside. We lty’s new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab. Heading back downtown toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi.“My friends said: ‘Now we believe your stories,’” Welty added. “And know. These are the people that make me write them.’”Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleasedwith this explanation.cters in her fiction these last 50 or so years.“I don’t make them up,” she said of the chara“I don’t have to.”Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty’s peoplecome from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets ofher native Jackson, Miss., from conversations overheard on a bus. It annoys Welty that, at 78, her left ear has now given out. Sometimes, sitting on a bus or a train, she hears only a fragment(片段) of a particularly interesting story.1. What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?A. Two strangers joined her.B. Her childhood friends came in.C. A heavy rain ruined the dinner.D. Some people held a party there.2. The und erlined word “them” in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty’s.A. readersB. partiesC. friendsD. stories3. Wh at can we learn about the characters in Welty’s fiction?A. They live in big cities.B. They are mostly women.C. They come from real life.D. They are pleasure seekers.答案：1—3 ADC六Surviving Hurricane Sandy(飓风桑迪)Natalie Doan,14, has always felt lucky to live in Rockaway, New York. Living just afew blocks from the beach, Natalie can see the ocean and hear the wave from her house. “It’s the ocean that makes Rockaway so special,” she says.On October 29, 2012, that ocean turned fierce. That night, Hurricane Sandy attackedfamilythe East Coast, and Rockaway was hit especially hard. Fortunately, Natalie’sclosed.escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the city’s bridgeWhen they returned to Rockaway the next day, they found their neighborhood in ruins.Many of Natalie’s friends had lost their homes and were living far away. All around her,aged that shepeople were suffering, especially the elderly. Natalie’s school was so dam had to temporarily attend a school in Brooklyn.In the following few days, the men and women helping Rockaway recover inspired Natalie. Volunteers came with carloads of donated clothing and toys. Neighbors devoted their spare time to helping others rebuild. Teenagers climbed dozens of flightsof stairs to deliver water and food to elderly people trapped in powerless high-rise buildings.“My mom tells me that I can’t control what happens to me,” Natalie says. always choose how I deal with it.”Natalie’s choice was to help.She created a website page matching survivors in need with donors who wanted to help. Natalie posted introduction about a boy named Patrick, who lost his baseball cardcollecting when his house burned down. Within d ays, Patrick’s collection was replaced. In the coming months, her website page helped lots of kids: Christopher, who receiveda new basketball; Charlie, who got a new keyboard. Natalie also worked with other organizations to bring much-need supplies to Rockaway. Her efforts made her a famous person. Last April, she was invited to the White House and honored as a Hurricane Sandy Champion of Change.Today, the scars(创痕)of destruction are still seen in Rockaway, but hope is in the air.The streets are clear, and many homes have been rebuilt. “Ic an’t imagine livingNatalie declares. “My n eighborhood will be back, ev en anywhere but Rockaway,”stronger than before.”1. When Natalie returned to Rockaway after the hurricane ,she found______.A. some friends had lost their livesB. her neighborhood was destroyedC. her school had moved to BrooklynD. the elderly were free from suffering2. According to paragraph4,who inspired Natalie most?A. The people helping Rockaway rebuildB. The people trapped in high-rise buildingC. The volunteers donating money to survivorsD. Local teenagers bringing clothing to elderly people3. How did Natalie help the survivors?A. She gave her toys to the kidsB. She took care of younger children。

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2020年高考英语阅读理解专项训练八篇（五）（一）(2019·湖北四市七校联考)It was a normal school day for senior Solymar Solis until anunexpected visitor arrived.Her dad, Sgt.Carlos Solis Melendez, surprised her by coming home early from Kuwait and visiting her unannounced at Spring Valley High School in SouthCarolina.After serving in Kuwait for nine months, Melendez returned home a week earlier thanhis daughter expected.He held balloons and flowers in a classroom as he sat at a student's desk to blend in with the crowd.“It came t o my mind like ‘How i s she going to react？’，”　he recalled the heartwarming moment.“Is she going to be happy and run to me and hug me,or cry? That was all going on through my mind.”As unsuspecting Solymar entered the classroom, she was soon overcome with emotion,immediately bursting into tears and covering her mouth.She didn't talk.She was just crying.She was overwhelmed with everything.She thought it was a dream.Melendez was a single parent, so when he was deployed (调动), he got his sister to live with his daughter.When he was coming back and talking to his sister, both of them came tothe conclusion that they should do something special for his daughter.Melendez and hissister got in touch with the school, and they planned this whole being-in-the-classroomthing, and it turned out perfect.The two are very much looking forward to some good daddy-daughter time now that he'shome.“It means everything，” Melendez said of being able to surprise his daughter thisway.“After all the sacrifices she's made, she deserve s all the special arrangements and special occasions and celebrations.I'll do anything for my daughter.I believe I'm doinggood parenting.”语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。

文章讲述了一位在科威特工作的父亲提前回国，并在女儿的教室为她准备了一个惊喜的故事。

1．How did Solymar feel at first when entering the classroom?A．She was eager to hug her father.B．She felt everything was as usual.C．She got excited at seeing her father.D．She was surprised by what she saw.解析：选B 细节理解题。

根据第一段“It was a normal school day for senior Solymar Solis”和第三段“As unsuspecting Solymar entered the classroom”可知，Solymar那天刚进入教室时感觉到一切如往常一样，故选项B正确。

2．What was Melendez's attitude to the surprise?A．Content. B．Astonished.C．Touched. D．Upset.解析：选 A 推理判断题。

根据第四段末句中的“and it turned out perfect”和第五段中的“she deserves all the special arrangements and ...I believe I'm doing good parenting”可以推断出，这位父亲对这次为女儿准备的惊喜是非常满意的(content)。

所以选项A正确。

3．Why did Melendez plan the surprise for Solymar?A．To get involved in her school life.B．To show his concern for her in a special way.C．To build a strong emotional bond with her.D．To make up for what she lost in her growth.解析：选 D 推理判断题。

根据第四段的描述可知，Solymar的父亲在外工作，把她托付给姐姐照顾，这次提前回来并在姐姐和学校的帮助下安排了这次特别的见面。

同时结合第五段中父亲的话可以看出，他之所以这样做就是为了弥补Solymar在成长过程中缺失的父爱。

所以选项D正确。

4．What can be the best title for the passage?A．Father's Selfless Love for His DaughterB．Girl Expecting the Returning of Her DadC．Girl Surprised at School by Her Dad's ReturnD．Father and Daughter's Expected Reunion解析：选 C 标题归纳题。

根据全文的内容，尤其是首段第一句中的“until an unexpected visitor arrived”以及末段中的“Melendez said of being able to surp rise his daughter this way”可知，父亲为了给女儿一个惊喜，所以提前回家，并在女儿所在的教室精心准备了这次见面。

所以选项C体现了文章的主旨，最适合作本文标题。

（二）Kenny Li is waiting patiently at a coach terminus(终点站) inKowloon on a misty and cold Hong Kong morning.He is planning to have lunch in the city of Zhuhai, which ona normal day would take him about four hours to reach by road. Buttoday the journey will take just over 30 minutes, because today isnot a normal day.Kenny is one of scores of passengers —including thecorrespondent (记者) — who are queuing for a seat on one of thefirst cross-border coaches to travel over the newly-opened Hong Kong-Zhuhai-MacaoBridge.The ＄20bn, 55km bridge and 6.7km undersea tunnel link Hong Kong's Lantau island toZhuhai on the southern coast of Guangdong Province and Macao. The mega s tructure is supported by three cable-stayed bridges and designed to withstand typhoon-force winds.It took more than eight years to build and, according to ambitious plans hatched (策划) in Beijing, will help form a high-tech and economic region, namely Greater Bay Area,to rival New York, San Francisco and Tokyo bay areas.But those lofty aims feel fairly irrelevant to the band of eager passengers who haveassembled at the Kowloon coach terminus on Wednesday morning. This group wants something different from the HZMB, a s it has become known. For just HK D S| 120 for a single trip ticket, we can be part of history.“I was the first person to get the ticket three days ago，” says Li, as he waitspatiently for the coach to arrive.Other passengers are similarly excited. YW Cheung and his wife bought the tickets onSunday as soon as he heard about the news about coach companies running the bridgeservice.“I want to take the first coach to cross the bridge，”　he said. “We w ill meet friends in Zhuhai and eat out with them, and then we will go to Macao.”语篇解读：港珠澳大桥是中国境内一座连接香港、珠海和澳门的桥隧工程。