人教版高中英语必修五 Unit2_阅读理解(国家篇) 题型专项突破 Word版含答案(书利华教育网)

人教版高中英语必修五 Unit2_阅读理解（国家篇） 题型专项突破 Word版含答案(书利华教育网) 题型专项突破-Unit2阅读理解（国家篇）一、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。1.Sailorsused to speak of a “jack” when they meant a flag which was set near the bow ofa sailing ship. The flag showed the country to which the ship belonged. TheUnion Jack became the flag of Great Britain. Australia’s flag has the UnionJack in the top left -hand corner together with the stars of the SouthernCross. They have kept this small part of Britain on their flag because theircountry was first settled by people from Britain. Australia’s flag is the samecolor as the Union Jack — red, white and blue. The act of joining together iscalled a “union”. The Union Jack was the name of the flag made when England,Scotland and Ireland joined together to make one country.Itall began in 1707, when England and Scotland joined together to become onenation. A flag was made using two crosses — one for the patron saint of eachcountry, which means protector. Many centuries before, the English had takenSt. George as their patron saint. His emblem was a red cross on a whitebackground. The Scottish patron saint was St Andrew. In memory of him, theyused a white cross on a blue background. This cross was shaped like the letter“X”. The new flag was a mixture of both flags with two sets of crosses. When Ireland joined England and Scotland in 1800, another cross was added. St Parick’s cross of Ireland was redand also shaped like an “X”. All three flags now made up the Union Jack.(1) The Union Jack is theflag of __________.A. the United NationsB. IrelandC. England and ScotlandD. Great Britain(2) It is because _______that Australia has the Union Jack in the top left-hand corner together with thestars of the Southern Cross.A. the Union Jack was namedwhen England, Scotland and Ireland joined togetherB. people from Britainbrought the flag of Great Britain to AustraliaC. people from Britainsettled in Australia firstD. the flag of GreatBritain is colourful(3) According to thetext, which of the following statements is NOT true?A. St. George was theEnglish patron saint.B. The Scottish had takenSt. Andrew as their patron saint.C. St. Patrick was thepatron saint of Ireland, whose cross was red.D. Ever since 1800, theBritish have taken Union Jack as their patron saint.答案：1.(1)-(3)DCD解析：1.(1) 细节理解题。见首段第三句 “The Union Jackbecame the flag of Great Britain.”(2) 细节理解题。首段中间 “They have keptthis small part of Britain on their flag because their country was firstsettled by people from Britain.道明了原因。(3) 由第二段可知 “patron saint”是由人来充当的，由第二段的第三句 “…the Englishhad taken St. George as their patron saint.”和第五句 “The Scottish patron saintwas St Andrew.”可知A、B两项正确；由末段第二句 “St Parick’s cross of Ireland was red and alsoshaped like an “X”.”可知C项亦正确；而由第一段首句和末句可知 “Union Jack”只是英国国旗的名称，不是人名，故D项错误。2.TheUnited States covers a large part of the North American continent. Itsneighbors are Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Although the UnitedStates is a big country, it is not the largest in the world. In 1964, itspopulation was over 185 000 000.Whenthis land first became a nation, after winning its independence（）fromEngland, it had thirteen states. Each of the states was represented（代表）onthe American flag by a star. All these states were in the eastern part of thecontinent. As the nation grew toward the west, new states were added and newstars appeared on the flag. For a long time, there were 48 stars. In 1959,however, two more stars were added to the flag, representing the new states ofAlaska and Hawaii.Indianswere the first people of the land which is now the United States. There arestill many thousands of Indians now living in all parts of the country.Sometimes it is said that the Indians are “the only real Americans”. MostAmericans come from all over the world. Those who came first in greatestnumbers to make their homes on the eastern coast of North America were mostlyfrom England. It is for that reason that the language of the United States isEnglish and that its culture and customs are more like those of England thanthose of any other country in the world.(1) Which of thefollowing is TRUE?A. America is the largestcountry in the world.B. The population ofAmerica is larger than that of any other country in the North Americancontinent.C. America covers mostpart of the North American continent.D. Mexico is to the northof Canada.(2) The first thirteenstates were in the of the United States.A. southB. northC. eastD. west(3) Why is English thelanguage of America?A. English is theIndian’s native language.B.