高考英语汇编专题精选阅读七选五.docx

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高考英语汇编专题精选阅读七选五

A组　2016～2014年各省市高考题（改编）

Passage1　（2016·全国Ⅰ）

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Secretcodes（密码）keepmessagesprivate.Banks,companies,andgovernmentagenciesusesecretcodesindoingbusiness,especiallywheninformationissentbycomputer.

Peoplehaveusedsecretcodesforthousandsofyears.__1__Codebreakingneverlags（落后）farbehindcodemaking.Thescienceofcreatingandreadingcodedmessagesiscalledcryptography.

Therearethreemaintypesofcryptography.__2__Forexample,thefirstlettersof“Myelephanteatstoomanyeels”spelloutthehiddenmessage“Meetme.”

__3__Youmightrepresenteachletterwithanumber,forexample.Let’snumberthelettersofthealphabet,inorder,from1to26.Ifwesubstituteanumberforeachletter,themessage“Meetme”wouldread“135520135.”

Acodeusessymbolstoreplacewords,phrases,orsentences.Toreadthemessageofarealcode,youmusthaveacodebook.__4__Forexample,“bridge”mightstandfor“meet”and“out”mightstandfor“me.”Themessage“bridgeout”wouldactuallymean“Meetme.”__5__However,itisalsohardtokeepacodebooksecretforlong.Socodesmustbechangedfrequently.

A．Itisveryhardtobreakacodewithoutthecodebook.

B．Inanylanguage,somelettersareusedmorethanothers.

C．Onlypeoplewhoknowthekeywordcanreadthemessage.

D．Aslongastherehavebeencodes,peoplehavetriedtobreakthem.

E．Youcanhideamessagebyhavingthefirstlettersofeachwordspellitout.

F．Withacodebook,youmightwritedownwordsthatwouldstandforotherwords.

G．Anotherwaytohideamessageistousesymbolstostandforspecificlettersofthealphabet.

Passage2　（2016·全国Ⅱ）

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Agardenthat’sjustrightforyou

Haveyouevervisitedagardenthatseemedjustrightforyou,wheretheatmosphereofthegardenappearedtototalmorethanthesum（总和）ofitsparts？

__1__．Butitdoesn’thappenbyaccident.Itstartswithlookinginsideyourselfandunderstandingwhoyouarewithrespecttothenaturalworldandhowyouapproachthegardeningprocess.

•__2__

Somepeoplemaythinkthatagardenisnomorethanplants,flowers,patternsandmassesofcolor.Othersareconcernedaboutusinggardeningmethodsthatrequirelesswaterandfewerfertilizers（肥料）．__3__．However,thereareanumberofotherreasonsthatmightexplainwhyyouwanttogarden.Oneofthemcomesfromourearliestyears.

•Recall（回忆）yourchildhoodmemories

Ourmodelofwhatagardenshouldbeoftengoesbacktochildhood.Grandma’srosegardenandDad’svegetablegardenmightbegoodorbad,butthat’snotwhat’simportant.__4__—howbeinginthosegardensmadeusfeel.Ifyou’dliketobuildapowerfulbondwithyourgarden,startbytakingsometimetorecallthegardensofyouryouth.__5__．Thengooutsideandworkoutaplantotranslateyourchildhoodmemoriesintoyourgrown－upgarden.Havefun.

A．Knowwhyyougarden

B．Findagoodplaceforyourowngarden

C．It’sourexperienceofthegardenthatmatters

D．It’sdelightfultoseesomanybeautifulflowers

E．Stillothersmaysimplyenjoybeingoutdoorsandclosetoplants

F．Youcanproducethatkindofmagicalqualityinyourowngarden,too

G．Foreachofthosegardens,writedownthestrongestmemoryyouhave

Passage3　（2016·全国Ⅲ）

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Everyoneknowsthatfishisgoodforhealth.__1__Butitseemsthatmanypeopledon’tcookfishathome.Americanseatonlyaboutfifteenpoundsoffishperpersonperyear,butweeattwiceasmuchfishinrestaurantsasathome.Buying,storing,andcookingfishisn’tdifficult.__2__Thistextisabouthowtobuyandcookfishinaneasyway.

__3__Freshfishshouldsmellsweet:

youshouldfeelthatyou’restandingattheocean’sedge.Anyfishyorstrongsmellmeansthefishisn’tfresh.__4__Whenyouhaveboughtafishandarrivehome,you’dbetterstorethefishintherefrigeratorifyoudon’tcookitimmediately,butfreshfishshouldbestoredinyourfridgeforonlyadayortwo.Frozenfishisn’tastastyasthefreshone.

Therearemanycommonmethodsusedtocookfish.__5__First，cleanitandseasonitwithyourchoiceofspices（调料）．Putthewholefishonaplateandsteamitinasteampotfor8to10minutesifitweighsaboutonepound.（Alargeronewilltakemoretime.）Then，it’sreadytoserve.

A．Donotbuyit.

B．Theeasiestistosteamit.

C．Thisishowyoucandoit.

D．Itjustrequiresalittleknowledge.

E．Thefishwillgobadwithinhours.

F．Whenbuyingfish，youshouldfirstsmellit.

G．Thefatsinfisharethoughttohelppreventheartdisease.

Passage4　（2016·北京）

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TheScienceofRisk－Seeking

Sometimeswedecidethatalittleunnecessarydangerisworthitbecausewhenweweightheriskandthereward，theriskseemsworthtaking.__1__Someofusenjoyactivitiesthatwouldsurpriseandscaretherestofus.Why?

Expertssayitmayhavetodowithhowourbrainswork.

Thereasonwhyanyofustakeanyrisksatallmighthavetodowithearlyhumans.Risk－takerswerebetterathunting，fighting，orexploring.__2__Asthequalityofrisk－takingwaspassedfromonegenerationtothenext，humansendedupwithasenseofadventureandatoleranceforrisk.

Sowhyaren’twealljumpingoutofairplanesthen?

Well，even200，000yearsago，toomuchrisk－takingcouldgetonekilled.Afewdaringsurvived，though，alongwithafewstay－in－the－cavetypes.Asaresult，humansdevelopedarangeofcharactertypesthatstillexiststoday.Somaybeyoulovecarracing，ormaybeyouhateit.__3__

Nomatterwhereyouareontherisk－seekingrange，scientistssaythatyourwillingnesstotakerisksincreasesduringyourteenageyears.__4__Tohelpyoudothat，yourbrainincreasesyourhungerfornewexperiences.Newexperiencesoftenmeantakingsomerisks，soyourbrainraisesyourtoleranceforriskaswell.

__5__Fortherisk－seekersapartofthebrainrelatedtopleasurebecomesactive，whilefortherestofus，apartofthebrainrelatedtofearbecomesactive.

Asexpertscontinuetostudythescienceofrisk－seeking，we’llcontinuetohitthemountains，thewavesortheshallowendofthepool.

A．Italldependsonyourcharacter.

B．Thosearetherisksyoushouldjumptotake.

C．Beingbetteratthosethingsmeantagreaterchanceofsurvival.

D．Thus，thesewell－equippedpeoplesurvivedbecausetheywerethefittest.

E．Thisiswhenyoustarttomoveawayfromyourfamilyandintothebiggerworld.

F．However，wearenotallusingthesamereferencestandardtoweighrisksandrewards.

G．Newbrainresearchsuggestsourbrainsworkdifferentlywhenwefaceanervoussituation.

Passage5　（2016·四川）

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Bothmenandwomenarelivinglongerthesedaysinindustrializedcountries.__1__Ingeneral,theycanexpecttolivesixorsevenyearsmorethanmen.Onereasonforthisisbiological.

Oneimportantbiologicalfactorthathelpswomenlivelongeristhedifferenceinhormonesbetweenmenandwomen.__2__Betweentheagesofabout12and50,womenproducehormonesthatareinvolvedinfertility（生育能力）．Thesehormonesalsohaveapositiveeffectontheheartandthebloodflow.Infact,womenarelesslikelytohavehighbloodpressureortodiefromheartattacks.

__3__Theyhelpthebodydefenditselfagainstsomekindsofinfections.Thismeansthatwomengenerallygetsicklessoftenandlessseriouslythanmen.Thecommoncoldisagoodexample:

women,onaverage,getfewercoldsthanmen.

__4__Scientistsarestillnotexactlysurehowgenesinfluenceaging,buttheybelievethattheydo.Somethinkthatawoman’sbodycellshaveatendency（倾向）toagemoreslowlythanaman’s.Othersthinkthataman’sbodycellshaveatendencytoagemorequickly.__5__

A．However,women,onaverage,livelonger.

B．Thebiologicalfactorplaysanimportantpart.

C．Womenarealsohelpedbytheirfemalegenes.

D．Thefemalehormonesalsoprotectthebodyinanotherway.

E．Recentresearchseemstosupportbothofthesepossibilities.

F．Therefore,womenaremorehealthythanmenandcanliveabetterlife.

G．Hormonesarechemicalswhichareproducedbythebodytocontrolvariousbodyfunctions.

Passage6　（2016·浙江）

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A．Getinvolvedinstudentactivities

B．Yourvoiceisactuallysuperimportant

C．Thereisasignificantincreaseofopportunities

D．Stayinactivecommunicationwithyourfriends

E．Getsmartaboutthepeoplewhoyouspendyourtimewith

F．Yourmajordoesnotmatterasmuchinyourfirstyearofcollege

FiveThingsNobodyToldMeaboutCollege

AsItypethis，Iaminmyuniversitydormroom.Ayearago，whenIwasawaitingtoheartheresultsofmycollegeapplications，Ioftenwenttowebsitesforsometypeofinsiderlookonwhatcollegewouldbelike.However，there’sonlysomuchthatprepbooks，websites，andolderfriendscanteach.Herearethetop5thingsnobodytoldmeaboutcollege：

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Nobodyenteringauniversityknowsexactlywhattheywanttostudy.Iftheytellyouotherwise，they’relyingandwillprobablychangewhattheywanttopursuewithinthefirstquarterofattendance.DuringmyfirstquarteratUniversityofCalifornia，Riverside（UCR），IthoughtthatIwantedtostudyPoliticalSciencewithitsfocusonInternationalAffairs，sothat’swhatIappliedfor.However，onceIworkedwithstatewideandlocalgovernment，IrealizedthatabetterfitformewouldbePublicPolicy，andnowIamintheprocessofchangingmyarea.

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Incollege，therearesomanygoodchancesforyoutomeetyourexpectations.However，thereisaveryimportantdifferencebetweenwantingtodosomethingandapplyingforsomething.Inorderforyoutotakefulladvantageoftheconferences，researches，internships（实习），andfellowshipsthatyouruniversi