高考英语阅读理解专项练习.docx

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高考英语阅读理解专项练习

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 Everyonelooksforwardtoprogress,whetherinone’spersonallifeorinthegeneralsociety.Progressindicatesaperson’sabilitytochangethewayheislivingatthemoment.Progressmustleadtoabetterlifeandabetterwayofdoingthings.Allthese,however,remaintrueonlyinsofaraspeoplewanttoaccepttechnologyandmoveforwardbyfindingnewandmoreefficientwaysofdoingthings.

  However,atthebackofthemindsofmanypeople,especiallythosewhomissthe“goodolddays”,efficiencycomeswithaprice.Whencommunicationbecomesmoreefficient,peopleareabletocontactoneanothernomatterwheretheyareandatwhatevertimetheywish.Theclickofabuttonallowspeoplemilesaparttotalkortoseeeachotherwithoutevenleavingtheirhomes.Withthecommunicationgadets,suchasmobilephonesandipads,peopleoftendonottaketheefforttovisitoneanotherpersonally.Apersonalvisitcarrieswiththeadditionalfeatureofhavingtobeintheperson’spresenceforaslongasthevisitlasts.Wecannotunnecessarilyexcuseourselvesorturntheotherpersonsoff.

  Withefficiencyalsocomesmassproduction.Suchisthenatureoffactoriesandthesuccessofindustrializationtoday.Factorieshaveimprovedefficiency.Unskillfultasksarelefttomachinesandproductsarebettermadeandproducedwithgreateraccuracythananyhumanhandcouldeverhavedone.However,withtheimprovementsinefficiencyalsocomesthelossofthepersonaltouchwhenmakingtheseproducts.Forexample,manyhandcrafts（手工艺品）arenowproducedinafactory.Althoughthismeansthatsupplyisbetterabletoincreasedemand,nowthatthesupplyisquickandefficient,thedemandmightfallbecausemassproductionlowersthequalityofthehandcraftanditisdifficulttofinduniquedesignsoneachitem.

   Nevertheless,wemustnotcommitthemistakeofanalyzingprogressonlyfromonepointofview.Infact,progresshasallowedtraditiontokeepup.Itisonlywithprogressandtheinventionofnewtechnologythatmanyoldproductscanbebroughtbacktotheiroldstate.Newtechnologyisrequiredforoldproductstostayold.

   Itispeople’sattitudetowardsprogressthatcausesthetypeofinfluencethattechnologyhasonsociety.Technologyisflexible.Thereisnofixedwayofmakinguseofit.Everythingdependsonpeople’sattitude.Theworsteffectsofprogresswillfallonthosewhoareunabletorethinktheirattitudesandviewsofsociety.Whenweacceptprogressandadaptittosuitourneeds,anew“past”iscreated.

8.AccordingtoParagraph1,progresscanbenefitpeoplewhentheyarewillingto_______.

 A.liveabetterlife           B.lookforbettermethods

 C.changewaysofliving      D.accepttechnologyandadvancesteadily

9.Theunderlinedword“gadgets”isclosestinmeaningto_______.

  A.tools    B.messages      C.barriers      D.skills

10.Theauthorexplains“efficiencycomeswithaprice”by_______.

  A.describingaprocess          B.usingexamples

  C.followingtimeorder          D.makingclassification

11.Whatcanbeconcludedfromthelastparagraph?

  A.Progresscansuittheneedsofdailylife.     

  B.Peoplereviewthepastwithgreatregret.

  C.Technologyshouldbeintroducedinafixedway.

  D.People’sattitudedecidestheuseoftechnology.

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Beforeyoumakefriends,youhavetodecidewhoyouwanttobeyourfriends.Mostpeopleliketohavefriendswholiketodothesamekindsofthingstheydo.

Thequickestwaytomakeafriendistosmile.Whenyousmile,peoplethinkyouarefriendlyandeasytotalkto.Itmaynotbeeasyatfirsttosmile,butremembermostpeoplewillstayawayfromascaredorangrylookingface.

Oneeasywaytostartaconversationwithsomeoneistosaysomethingniceabouthim.Thinkabouthowgreatyoufeelwhensomeonesayssomethingnicetoyou.Doesn’titmakeyouwanttokeeptalkingtothatperson?

Askyournewfriendsquestionsaboutthemselves.Who’stheirfavoritesinger,wheredotheylive,whatdotheydoafterschoolareallgoodquestionstostartaconversation.Makesureyouhavesomethingtoaddtotheconversation,too.Whensomeoneasksyouaquestion,dohaveananswerforthem.Thereisnothingthatwillstopaconversationquickerthanashrugforananswer.

Kidswhoshowaninterestinotherkidsandwhoarekindandfriendlymakegoodfriends.Remember,everyonewantstobearoundpeoplewholiketodosimilarthingsandpeoplewhoarenicetothem.

33.Thispassagegivesussomeadviceon_______.

A．theimportanceofsmile

B．whatkindofpersonyoucanmakefriendswith

C．howtostartaconversation

D．howtomakefriends

34.Mostpeopleliketomakefriendswiththose________.

A．whosharethesameinterest

B．whoaresadeveryday

C．whoarefondoftalking

D．whosaybadthingstothem

35.Fromthepassage,ifakidwantstomakegoodfriends,heshould_______.

A.smiletoothers

B.showaninterestinothers 

C.bekindandfriendly.

D.Alltheabove

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Iwasn’tsurewhatthisworkinvolved,butitmusthavebeenexcitingbecausetheLabitselfwasexciting.Anywherewedidn’tgooftenwasexciting. 

  Wewouldgetthereinaheavywoodenrowboat,builtinthefive-housevillagehalfamileaway---ourmotherwouldrow,shewasquitegoodatit---orbyfollowingatwisty,windingfootpath,overfallentreesandaroundrocks.Itwastoofarforustowalkandourlegsweretooshort,somostlywewentintherowboat. 

  TheLabwasmadeofwood;itseemedhuge,thoughinthetwophotographsofitthatsurviveitlookslikeasmallhouse.Insideittherewerethingsweweren’tallowedtotouch–bottlescontainingadangerousliquidinwhichyoungwhiteinsectsfloated,theirsixtinyfrontlegsheldtogetherlikeprayingfingers,andplugsthatsmelledlikepoisonandplateswithdriedinsects.Allofthiswassoforbiddenwhichmadeusconfused. 

   AttheLabwecouldhideintheicehouse,adarkandsecretplacethatwasalwaysbiggerontheinsidethanitwasontheoutside,wheretherewasasilence,andalotofsawdust（木屑）tokeeptheblocksoficecool. 

    WhatdidwedointhereTherewasnothingtoactuallydo.We’dpretendedwehaddisappearedsuddenly–thatnobodyknewwherewewere.Thisinitselfwasstrangelyenergetic.Thenwe’dcomeout,awayfromthesilence,backintothepine-needlefragranceandthesoundofwavesbeatingagainsttheshore,andourmother’svoicecallingus,becauseitwastimetogetbackintotherowboatandrowhome. 

18,InLine1,“thiswok”clearlyrefersto_______.

 A.Writing     B.insectresearch     C.photography  D.foodscience

19,Thedetailsofthepassagesuggestthattheauthoris_______.

A.anadultrememberingarecentincident

B.anadultlookingbackonaplacefromchildhood

C.anelderlypersonthinkingofhermiddleage

D.achilddescribingafrighteningplace

20,ThedescriptionoftheLabandicehousearesimilarinthatboth______.

A.emphasizecheerfulandlight-heartedsurroundings

B.containpicturesofhidingsandsecrecy

C.stresstheauthor’smisunderstandingofthesize

D.makecomparisonswiththeauthor’shome.

21.Repeatedlyusingthepronouns“we”and“us”,theauthormostlikelyspeaksofherselfand_____. 

A.herfather     B.hermother    C  abrotherorsister     D.thereader

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Childrenarehookedoncomputers.Somespenduptosixhoursadayontheirgadgets.Theycanbeplayinggameslivewithotherselsewhereintheworld,updatingtheirstatusonsocialmedia,textingfriendsorlookingforthelatestapptodownloadtotheirtabletsorsmartphones.

    ThisworriedMartinStrott,headmasteroftheOldHallSchoolinWellington,inthewestofEngland.Hewassoconcernedthathechallengedhisstudentstotakepartinaweekof‘digitaldetox’.Strotttoldthelocalnewspaper,theShropshireStar,thatheencouragesthepupilstohaveagoodknowledgeofthecomputerfromayoungage,butisconcernedthattoomuchscreentimewillaffectthedevelopmentoftheirsocialskills.Hesaidthatthisover-relianceondigitaldevices“erodesfamilytimeandthey’remissingoutonmessagesfrombodylanguageandfacialexpressionsfromthosearoundthem”.

    Accordingtotheheadmaster,theparentsarehappywiththemovement.Butwhataboutthechildren?

Nine-year-oldFredusuallyspendsaroundtwohoursonhisgadgetsathomeafterschoolandaround12hoursonweekends.Forhim,thedigitaldetoxexperiencewas“reallyhard”.Fredspentitplayingoutside,especiallybasketball.Hesaidthathe’llprobablyengageindifferentactivitiesfromnowonbuthedidmisshisphoneandonlinegames.

    Theideaofkeepingchildrenawayfromtheirtechforawhiletoprevent‘addiction’isnotparticularlynew.TherehavebeensimilarmovementsintheUS.Butaretheyeffectiveinthelongrun?

Well,evenifkidsgobacktotheirgadgets,thehopeisthatatleastthey’llthinkabouthowtheyusetheirtime.

    Whataboutyou:

doyouspendtoomanyhourshookedonyourdigitaldevices?

12.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisnotthereasonwhychildrenarehookedoncomputers__________.

A.developingtheirsocialskillsbyhavingsomeonlineconversations.

B.searchingforthenewestappandinstallthemtotheirtabletsorsmartphones.

C.playinggameslivewithpeoplefromotherplaces

D.releasingsomenewinformationabouttheirstatusonsocialmedia

13.Whichofthefollowingwordscanreplacetheword“erodes”inPara2?

A.enriches           B.saves       C.adjusts                    D.ruins

14.Accordingtothearticle,whereelsecanyoufinddigitaldetoxmovements?

A.InAsiancountries         B