高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 218Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. Im not sure we want to wipe those memories out, said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist. 1. The passage is mainly about _. A. a new medical inventionB. a new research on the pillC. a way of erasing

2、 painful memoriesD. an argument about the research on the pill2. The drug tested on people can _. A. cause the brain to fix memoriesB. stop people remembering bad experiencesC. prevent body producing certain chemicalsD. Wipe out the emotional effects of memories3. We can infer from the passage that

3、_. A. people doubt the effects of the pillsB. the pill will stop peoples bad experiencesC. taking the pill will do harm to peoples healthD. the pill has probably been produced in America4. Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?A. Some memories can ruin peoples lives. B. People want

4、to get rid of bad memories. C. Experiencing bad events makes us different from others. D. The pill will reduce peoples sufferings from bad memories. Passage 2I have two kids, a boy and a girl. I dont worry about my girl; Im sure shell be well trained in mixed martial arts. I worry about my son. Im p

5、retty sure hes going to be feminine （女性化的）. Sorry to say that, but lets face it. No dad wants his son to go feminine. At the rate were moving in a couple of years you wont be able to tell the difference between boys and girls. Sound extreme? Think about this. In every movie where advanced time-trave

6、ling beings come to our planet theres one constant: You cant tell the male aliens from the female aliens!But thats the future. Kids today are soft and fat. People ask why. Is it junk food? No. Junk food has been around for fifty years. Is it video games? No. Video games have been around for thirty y

7、ears. None of the kids playing them back in the day were terribly obese. Were all scratching our heads trying to figure out what weve introduced to society to ruin our kids. But its not anything weve added that has ruined our kids. Its stuff weve gotten rid of. Take the gym rope for example. Remembe

8、r that thing that stretched from the floor to the ceiling in your gym class that you could never climb? Most of the kids couldnt make it to the top. But that wasnt the point; the point was you had to try while some middle-aged guy who couldnt make it up a flight of stairs shouted at you. We should h

9、ave put our son on that rope, and given him a head start, but we didnt want to shame the boy, so we took it down. Taking down the rope would be a good idea if there were no ropes in life. But theyre everywhere. You just cant see them. Theyre in every goal unrealized and expectation not met. The poin

10、t everyone missed about the rope is you werent supposed to make it to the top. It was there to create a fire that burned in the oversized belly of every kid. 1. What is the example of aliens used to show?A. Girls are growing like boys. B. Boys are going feminine. C. There are really time-traveling b

11、eings. D. Alien movies are popular with children. 2. What causes kids today to be soft and fat?A. Junk food. B. Video games. C. Stuff introduced to society. D. Things removed from society. 3. How does the author find teenagers today?A. They have too much dignity. B. They are overprotected. C. They a

12、re less independent. D. They are thought too highly of. 4. What does the rope probably symbolize?A. Goals. B. Expectations. C. Competition. D. Assistance. Passage 3One mother took many lovely photos of her sleeping son. After the little baby, Wengenn, fell asleep, his mother would create an imaginar

13、y fairy tale scene behind him and then take those lovely photos. When the baby was asleep, he was photographed traveling to castles in the clouds, cooking eggs in the kitchen or swinging on the swing with an elephant to catch him. The photos have attracted people around the world because of the cute

14、 creativity. Mrs. Liao drew inspiration from a famous child photographer Anne Geddes and a mother Adele Enersen who published a book of similar photos, so she decided to turn her hobby of photographing toward her son. She said, Every day just before Wengenns nap, I would imagine him being the main c

15、haracter in one of my favorite scenes and paint a background setting with plain clothes, lovely animals and other common household materials, just like how an artist would deal with the paint brush. After he fell asleep, I would place him at the center of the theme I had creates and start taking pho

16、tos. With a collection of more than one hundred photos of Wengenn, Mrs. Liao published a book in Chinese in Taiwan. And there are plans for an English version to be published. She told her fans, Im truly touched by your support. 1. Because of _, the photos attract so many people around the world. A.

17、 her lovely sonB. her cute creativityC. her skill of photographingD. her talented painting2. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? _A. The photos were usually taken during her sons napB. In the scenes she created, there were fashionableclothes, lovely animals and household ma

18、terialsC. Her son was always at the center of the theme, and he was the main characterD. The lovely photos seemed to tell people some imaginary fairy tales3. Will there be a book with lots of photos of Wengenn in English one day?A. Probably B. ImpossibleC. Not at all D. We dont knowPassage 4 A five-

19、year-old dog named Kelsey has been praised as a hero for helping to save the life of her owner who slipped in the snow and broke his neck. The man, Bob, was alone when he left his Michigan farmhouse on New Years Eve to collect firewood. Expecting a journey of only several meters, Bob was wearing jus

20、t long johns （秋裤）, a shirt and slippers when he went outside, although the temperature was around -4. After the accident, he was unable to move in the snow. Fortunately, Kelsey came to his assistance. I was shouting for help, but my nearest neighbor is about 400 meters away, and it was 10:30p. m, Bo

21、b explained. But my Kelsey came. By the next morning, my voice was gone and I couldnt yell for help, but Kelsey didnt stop barking Bobs companion kept him warm by lying on top of him. She licked his face and hands to keep him awake. Kelsey kept barking but never left my side, Bob recalled. She kept

22、me warm. I knew I couldnt give up and that it was my choice to stay alive. Bob spent 19 hours in the freezing cold. When he finally lost consciousness, his dog kept barking. Finally, hearing the barking, Bobs neighbor discovered him at 6:30 p. m. on New Years Day and called the emergency services at

23、 once. When Bob arrived in hospital, his body temperature was below 21C. However, doctors were surprised to find that he didnt have any frostbite （冻疮）. They believed it was because of Kelseys determination to keep him warm. Dr. Chaim Colen, the doctor who treated Bob, said, Animals can help and his

24、dog really saved him he was very fortunate. Bob said he was enormously grateful for both Dr. Colen and his Kelsey. They saved my life. They are true heroes!1. What happened to Bob on New Years Eve? _ A. He broke his neck and couldnt moveB. He was praised for saving a dog ownerC. He left his dog alon

25、e in his farmhouseD. He heard his neighbors shouting for help2. Why did Kelsey keep barking?A. To keep warmB. To stay aliveC. To keep Bob awakeD. To seek help from others3. How does Dr. Chaim Colen feel about Kelsey?A. Fortunate B. Helpful C. Thankful D. Friendly4. What can be a suitable title for t

26、he text?A. Neck-breaking AccidentB. The Magic NightC. Warmth On a Winter NightD. Determination to Keep AlivePassage 5It was Monday. Mrs. Smiths dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house. Considering that there was no better way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it:Give my dog half a pound of meat. Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently, Take this to the butcher（屠夫） and hes going to give you your lunch today. Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butchers.