高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解基础选编(二)1

综合测试（基础篇）阅读理解+七选五时间：40分钟满分：50分姓名__________ 得分________阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节(每题2.5分，满分37.5分)阅读下列文章，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

AA Look at Four of the World-famous CollegesUniversity College London, England. United KingdomThis university was founded with the intent of opening education equally and to all. In 1878, University College London began admitting women using the same admission standards men were held to. The college was the first in the United Kingdom to accept students from any class or religion.Tuition (学费) for each student comes in at $31,000. This price does include fees for housing, food, travel expenses and insurance.University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaIt opened in 1853 and is known for its outstanding research and teaching programs. Research at the university in the 1970s led to a cochlear implant (人工耳蜗), giving more than 200,000 patients worldwide hearing.Parents of native students expect to pay $24,500 for the first term’s tuition and another $19,500 for room and board in residential housing.University of Cambridge, England, United KingdomRecords of the university reach back to 1209 when the area was an ancient Roman trading post, making it the second oldest university in the UK. Cambridge currently has 21,000 students with around 1,300 of those coming from 65 different countries.Tuition for the bachelor programs like engineering reaches $31,000.Sarah Lawrence College, New York, United StatesIt is known for a diverse student body coming from 53 different countries. The teacher/student ratio (比例) and personalized courses of study attract students from the United States and abroad.Undergraduates carrying 30 credits will pay $51,196 for tuition. The cost to attend Sarah Lawrence may seem prohibitive to many, but a degree from this honoured college can open many doors for graduates.1．When did University College London start to admit women on equal terms with men?A．In 1209.B．In1853.C．In 1878.D．In 1887.2．Which college developed a device to benefit people with hearing loss?A．University of Melbourne.B．Sarah Lawrence College.C．University of Cambridge.D．University College London.3．What do the last two colleges have in common?A．They just offer the bachelor programs.B．They feature the highest cost of board.C．They are located in the United Kingdom.D．They are favoured by international students.BJim found himself exhausted during a trip. When he came home, he went to see a doctor. “The reason I was tired, ” Jim says, “was that my kidneys (肾脏)were gone. ”Jim, 69, a former Air Force pilot, immediately started dialysis(透析) three days a week. A person of his age on dialysis usually lives only about four years. Transplants are a long-shot alternative. The National Kidney Foundation estimates that 13 people die every day while waiting for a donor with the right blood and tissue types.Jim’s wife, nephew and four family friends offered but weren’t a match. Jim was so discouraged that he was even considering not attending a reunion of some Air Force buddies(铁哥们). But his wife encouraged him to reunite with his old friends, among whom was one he hadn’t seen in 50 years: Doug Coffman. The two had met when they both were learning Vietnamese before they went overseas.Doug, then 70, felt a strong bond with his band of brothers, even though he hadn’t seen some of them in decades. Their connection went beyond the battlefield in ways most soldiers never experience.Doug had received help from his friends when he was in trouble, so he felt like it was a time that he could pay that ahead by donating a kidney to Jim. Fortunately, series of testing revealed not only that Doug’s tissue type matched Jim’s but also that he had the kidneys of a 35-year-old.The transplant was a success. “It’s pretty miraculous to be able to take an organ out of one person’s body—a living organ—put it in another person’s body, and have it work, ” Doug says. “And there’s nothing finer than knowing I’ve helped another person live a better life. ”4．From this text we know that Kidney transplant is ________.A．Expensive B．dangerous C．a matter of luck D．an unwise choice5．How old was Jim when he went overseas?A．About 17.B．About 19.C．About 22.D．About 25.6．What can we infer from Doug’s words in the last paragraph?A．Doug is happy to donate a kidney to Jim.B．Jim is having a better life than Doug.C．The kidney transplant is very successful.D．Modern medical science is very advanced.7．What is the theme of this text?A．Good luck.B．An operation.C．Paying it forward.D．Good relationship.CWhat is life? Like most great questions, this one is easy to ask but difficult to answer. The reason is simple: weknow of just one type of life and it’s challenging to do science with a sample size of one. The field of artificial life-called ALife for short — is the systematic attempt to spell out life’s fundamental principles. Many of these practitioners, so-called ALifers, think that somehow making life is the surest way to really understand what life is.So far no one has convincingly made artificial life. This track record makes ALife a ripe target for criticism, such as declarations of the field’s doubtful scientific value. Alan Smith, a complexity scientist, is tired of such complaints. Asking about “the point” of ALife might be, well, missing the point entirely, he says. “The existence of a living system is not about the use of anything.” Alan says. “Some people ask me, ‘So what’s the worth of artificial life?’ Do you ever think, ‘What is the worth of your grandmother?’”As much as many ALifers hate emphasizing their research’s applications, the attempts to create artificial life could have practical payoffs. Artificial intelligence may be considered ALife’s cousin in that researchers in both fields are enamored by a concept called open-ended evolution (演化). This is the capacity for a system to create essentially endless complexity, to be a sort of “novelty generator”. The only system known to exhibit this is Earth’s biosphere. If the field of ALife manages to reproduce life’s endless “creativity” in some virtual model, those same principles could give rise to truly inventive machines.Compared with the developments of Al, advances in ALife are harder to recognize. One reason is that ALife is a field in which the central concept — life itself — is undefined. The lack of agreement among ALifers doesn’t help either. The result is a diverse line of projects that each advance along their unique paths. For better or worse, ALife mirrors the very subject it studies. Its muddled (混乱的) progression is a striking parallel (平行线) to the evolutionary struggles that have shaped Earth biosphere.Undefined and uncontrolled, ALife drives its followers to repurpose old ideas and generated novelty. It may be, of course, that these characteristics aren’t in any way surprising or singular. They may apply universally to all acts of evolution. Ultimately ALife may be nothing special. But even this dismissal suggests something：perhaps, just like life itself throughout the universe, the rise of ALife will prove unavoidable.8．Regarding Alan Smith’s defence of ALife, the author is .A．supportive B．puzzled C．unconcerned D．doubtful9．What does the word “enamored” underlined in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?A．Shocked.B．Protected.C．Attracted.D．Challenged.10．What can we learn from this passage?A．ALife holds the key to human future.B．ALife and AI share a common feature.C．AI mirrors the developments of ALife.D．AI speeds up the process of human evolution.11．Which would be the best title for the passage?A．Life Is Undefined. Can AI Be a Way Out?B．Life Evolves. Can AI Help ALife Evolve, Too?C．Life Is Undefined. Can ALife Be Defined One Day?D．Life Evolves. Can Attempts to Create ALife Evolve, Too?DScientists and engineers are preparing for possible travel into interstellar (星际的) space, the area in between stars, in the distant future. A new report examines the possible problem of changes in language on long space trips. Two American researchers have explored one possible problem with such travel. They considered the possibility that changes in human language could develop overtime and lead to major communication problems with people on Earth.The language experts are professors Andrew McKenzie from the University of Kansas, and Jeffrey Punske of Southern Illinois University. The two recently published a paper, which considers very long trips necessary to reach interstellar space, estimated to be about 18 billion kilometers from Earth. It also examines the possibility of future colonization (殖民地的开拓) of distant stars.Languages naturally change as communities grow more isolated from each other, the researchers note in the paper. The long isolation of a community could lead to enough differences in language to make it impossible for community members back home to understand. “If you’re on this spaceship for 10 generations, new concepts and social issues will emerge, and people will create ways of talking about them,” McKenzie said in a statement. Such vocabulary would become specific to only that spaceship.“People on Earth might never know about these words, unless there’s a reason to tell them. And the further away you get, the less you’re going to talk to people back home,” McKenzie said. The researchers noted that in addition to new words being used, the language of people traveling on spaceships and living in colonies would experience many other changes. For example, the sounds of different letters would likely change overtime, affecting not only individual words, but the whole “grammatical system”, the paper states.Major changes in word and sentence structure could also create systematic language barriers overtime, the researchers said. “Given more time, new grammatical forms can completely replace current ones,” McKenzie said. 12．What is the possible result of long space travel according to the research?A．It may bring about many language barriers.B．People may suffer from mental problems.C．It may change people’s living environment.D．People could communicate more easily on Earth. 13．What does the underlined word “isolation” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?A．Connection.B．Distribution.C．Loneliness.D．Separation.14．What can we infer about the language used on spaceships from paragraph 4?A．It will form its own language system.B．It will replace the current language soon.C．It can be understood by people on Earth.D．It can be used to communicate with aliens.15．Why does the author mention McKenzie in the last paragraph?A．To present the way to create new languages.B．To explain the reason for language problems.C．To stress the inevitable trend of language changing.D．To show the importance of new grammatical systems.第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)Worried about the climate? 16 . Here are some examples to get you started.•Count the birds and the beesGet closer to nature by becoming a citizen scientist. You could be counting birds in your garden, butterflies, insects and flowers, or even reptiles and hedgehogs. 17 . It’s a fun group activity, and your data can help scientists better understand the impact of human behaviour on natural habitats.• 18Media headlines can be alarming when it comes to the climate and nature crisis or ignoring the issues completely. Hosting a local discussion can allow space for reflection, debate, ideas and collaboration (合作) to take action on global issues at a local level.•Set up a library of thingsInternet shopping has made it too easy to buy new stuff at the click of a button. 19 ? First, it’ll clutter (凌乱地塞满) your house，then it’ll clutter the planet. Setting up a library of things can encourage local people to share everything from tools to instruments, cooking gadgets to toys.•Start a climate emergency centre20 . That’s why more and more climate emergency centres are popping up in derelict (废弃地) shops on high streets and in shopping centres. A climate emergency centre can be a space for events such as an exhibition on plastic waste or a workshop to learn how to make eco-cleaning products. It can also be a way to motivate more people to take action.A．Cooperate with your localsB．But where is it all going to end upC．Host a climate and nature discussionD．But how have we consumed the thingsE．The climate and nature crisis isn’t going awayF．There are lots of citizen science projects to take part inG．Small local actions with neighbors, local businesses and politicians can make a difference。

【英语】高考英语一轮复习专项训练阅读理解含解析一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解Daniella Wride was brushing her daughter's long brown hair when she noticed that with each comb, masses of the hair were coming out. That was January 1, 2017. Within 20 days, seven-year-old Gianessa Wride's hair was completely gone, and her doctor said the hair would never grow back. Gianessa had become one of the 6. 8 million Americans with alopecia, an auto-immune disease that causes hair loss.Alopecia isn't painful, but for kids who suffer from it, the severe pain comes from standing out from the crowd. For the most part, the students in Gianessa's first-grade class in Salem, Utah, were understanding. But the occasional jokes of "Baldy"(秃子) made her feel like an abandoned child. "I didn't want her to feel that she wasn't like the other kids," her mother said." I tried covering her baldness, but the artificial hair was uncomfortable."Then comes the school's traditional "Crazy Hair Day" in April, a great just-for-fun celebration where all the kids and their parents can express their wild sides a bit. Daniella and Gianessa decided that rather than hide Gianessa's baldness under the artificial hair, they would celebrate it. Daniella bought scrapbook-sticker (贴纸) jewels and decorated her head with flowered designs and even a deer. "They just fit her personality," Daniella smiled. "She's so lovely."On the morning of the competition, Gianessa was nervous. Would her friends think it was funny? However, with her mother's encouragement, she had nothing to fear. Impressive Gianessa was a hit and a winner of the crazy-hair competition. Gianessa is now glad that she dared to go bare. "I was sad at first when I lost all my hair," she told people. "But now I love being bald. I can do things to my head that other kids can't. I'm thinking now it might be fun to decorate my head with some colourful butterflies and flowers. "（1）Why was Gianessa different from other kids?A.She was born bald.B.She suffered from hair loss.C.She was talented in hair designing.D.She had her head fully shaved.（2）How did others react to Gianessa's disease?A.Her doctor was quite optimistic.B.Her mother gave her artificial hair.C.Her classmates were all considerate.D.Her school offered her special help.（3）What could Gianessa do on the "Crazy Hair Day"?A.She could tease others.B.She could decorate her hair.C.She could shop scrapbook-stickers.D.She could show her personality.（4）What is the main idea of the text?A.The girl faced her disease in a most beautiful way.B.The artificial hair built up the girl's confidence.C.The competition served as a way to make a change.D.The disease was cured with mother's love and care.【答案】（1）B（2）B（3）D（4）A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，一个七岁的女孩Gianessa Wride得了一种疾病，掉光了头发还不可能再重新长出来，但是她终于在家人和同学们的帮助下，勇敢地展现她的个性，愉快地生活。

阅读理解（科普知识类+健康环保类）七选五+语法填空Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2018·广东深圳新安中学期中)Self­driving vehicles will rely on cameras，sensors and artificial intelligence(AI) to recognize and respond to road and traffic conditions，but sensing is the most effective for objects and movement in the neighborhood of the vehicle.Not everything important in a car’s environment will be caught by the vehicle’s camera.Another vehicle approaching at high speed on a collision(碰撞)track might not be visible until it’s too late.This is why vehicle­to­vehicle communication is undergoing rapid development.Our research shows that cars will need to be able to chat and cooperate on the road，although the technical challenges are considerable.Applications for vehicle­to­vehicle communication range from vehicles driv ing together in a row，to safety messages about nearby emergency vehicles.Vehicles could alert each other to avoid collisions or share notices about passers­by and bicycles.From as far as several hundred metres away，vehicles could exchange messages with one another or receive information from roadside units (RSUs) about nearby incidents or dangerous road conditions through 4G network.A high level of AI seems required for such vehicles，not only to self­drive from A to B，but also to react intelligently to messages received.Vehicles will need to plan，reason，strategize and adapt in the light of information received in real time and to carry out cooperative behaviours.For example，a group of autonomous vehicles might avoid a route together because of potential risks，or a vehicle could decide to drop someone off earlier due to messages received，a foreseen crowding ahead.Further applications of vehicle­to­vehicle communication are still being researched，including how to perform cooperative behaviour.1.What is the first paragraph mainly about?A.The reasons for the accidents by self­driving vehicles.B.The research about applications for self­driving vehicles.C.The importance of artificial intelligence of self­driving vehicles.D.The reasons for developing communica tion between self­driving vehicles.2.What does the underlined word “alert” mean in Paragraph 2?A.Alarm.B.Condemn.C.Ignore.ern.3.What can we learn about roadside units (RSUs)?A.They classify the vehicles on the road.B.They can improve bad road conditions.C.They take over the passing vehicles.D.They serve as efficient information stations.4.What is the best title for the text?A.When Do Vehicles Communicate?B.The Reasons Why a High Level of AI Is ImportantC.Vehicle­to­vehicle Communicatio n Is ComingD.What Do Applications for Vehicle­to­vehicle Communication Need?B(2018·陕西宝鸡中学一调)The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator(发电机).The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint.Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity —roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness.Guests staying at Plaza Hotel will be given meal tickets worth 36 once they have produced 10 watt hours of electricity.The bicycles will have smart phones attached to the handlebars measuring how much power is being generated for the hotel.The plan，a world­first，will start on 19 April and run for a year.Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part.Frederikke Toemmergaard，hotel spokeswoman，said，“Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy going to the gym.There might be people who will cycle just to get a free meal，but generally I don’t think people will take advantage of our programme.”Copenhagen has a long­standing cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to work each day，one of the highest percentages in the world，according to the website environmental website recently voted Copenhagen the world’s best city for cyclists.“Because Copenhagen is strongly connected with cycling，we felt the bicycle would work well as a symbol of the hotel’s green profile(形象).”If successful，the electric bicycle meal programme will be spread to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK，the hotel said in a statement.5.What is the main purpose of the free meal programme?A.To promote the hotel’s green concept.B.To make the city known to the world.C.To attract people to the hotel restaurant.D.To get guests to stay longer at the hotel.6.How can a participant get a free meal?A.By becoming a professional cyclist.B.By cycling to produce some electricity.C.By linking a smart phone to a bicycle.D.By monitoring his or her carbon footprint.7.Who are most likely to enter for the programme?A.The poor local people.B.The environment activists.C.Health­conscious hotel guests.D.Visitors fond of Copenhagen food.8.According to Paragraph 3，Copenhagen has one of the world’s .A.best chain hotelsB.greenest natural environmentsC.longest bike pathsD.highest rates of people cycling to workⅡ.七选五If you don’t have a travel­friendly DVD player，or you want your vacation to be spent away from the screen—bring along these games and ideas for young kids.9Give the kids a map and a highlighter，and have them follow the route you take.If you want to get a little fancier than a sketch book and colouring pencils，then a laptop coloring desk is a great way for kids to keep occupied and make postcards to send to friends and family.Try a game20 questions：You think of a person or object，and your opponent(s) asks you 20 yes­or­no questions to try to figure out who or what you’re thinking of.The memory game：“I’m going to the World’s Fair and in my suitcase I packed...”10 .Beginning with A，the first letter of each new item must start with the next letter of the alphabet.Back seat bingo：Before you leave，draw up a grid (格子) for each passenger filling each of the squares with a different sight to cross off. 11 .Pack plenty of snacksTry to vary the snacks between healthy，filling choices and less healthy treats.12 .Sweet snacks provide all important bargaining tools to prevent back seat fights and constant “Are we there yet？”.You could even try to involve the children in making the snacks beforehand，especially if you’re baking.Being involved in the creation will make them even more interested in the snacks during the car journey.Choose a family friendly audiobookPack a selection of audiobooks to entertain the whole family through the journey.If you’re on a long trip，opt for Harry Potter so you’ll never run out of story.13Kids imitate the noises they hear in places such as home，street，farm，or zoo.After 20 minutes of that，you may want to try the quiet contest—whoever can be the quietest and the longest wins a prize.If you’re very lucky after this game，you could just have some sleeping children on your hands.A.Avoid loud noiseB.Hold a sound contestC.But some healthy treats are enoughD.Bring along plenty of writing materialsE.Players take turns adding a new item to the listF.You could even add the motivation for a prize for the winnerG.Try to pack enough that you can disperse(分散) them throughout the journeyⅢ.语法填空(2018·安师大附中安庆一中阶段性测试)For many years，I 14. (convince) that my suffering was due to my size.I believed that when the weight disappeared，it would take old wounds，hurts and rejections with it.Many weight­conscious people also mistakenly believe that 15. (change) our bodies will fix everything.Perhaps our worst mistake is believing being thin equals being loved.We dream about 16. it will be like when we reach thelong­awaited goal.We make every effort 17. (realize) this dream.Then，at last，we find ourselves there.But we often gain back what we have lost.Even so，we continue to believe that next time it will be different.Next time，being thin will finally fulfill its promise of everlasting 18. (happy)，self­worth，and，of course，love.It took me 19. long while to know that there was something more for me to learn about beauty.Beauty standards vary 20. culture to culture.In Samoa a woman is not considered to be attractive unless she weighs more than 200 pounds.More 21. (important)，if it’s joy that we want，why put our energy on the size of our body？Why not look inside？We have to find a way to live comfortably inside our body and make friends with others 22. cherish ourselves.When we change our attitudes toward 23. (we)，the whole world changes.答案精析Ⅰ.语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。

新教材高考英语一轮总复习：UNIT 2 单元主题训练Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2022·珠海一模)When Randy Heiss went hiking behind his Patagonia, Ariz.farm, the last thing he expected to find was a Christmas list from a little girl across the US-Mexico border.“I found this balloon on my morning walk near Patagonia on Sunday.Attached to it was a piece of paper with the Christmas wishes from a little girl，” Heiss wrote on his Facebook page.When he brought the list home to his wife, who speaks fluent Spanish, they determined that the little girl had asked for Enchantimals toys, clothes, art supplies and various other gifts.That's when Heiss set out to make the little girl's Christmas dreams come true.Heiss said he had attempted to send Christmas letters to Santa Claus via balloon when he was a kid but never received a response.Heiss sent a Facebook message on Wednesday to XENY, a radio station in Nogales, to see if it could help him track down the girl or her family.He later received a response from the station, which had determined the author of the letter was an 8-year-old girl named Dayami, and the station wanted to set up a meeting between the two on Thursday.“It just changed my entire day，” Heiss told the Washington Post.“Instead of going back to my office in Bisbee, I went with my wife to Walmart.”The couple bought almost everything on Dayami's list.They also brought a few gifts for Dayami's little sister, Ximena.They told the children they were “ayudantes de Santa，” or Santa's helpers.Heiss,60, said the experience was very healing for him and his wife.Nine years ago，the couple's only son died.“ Being around children at Christmas time has been absent in our lives，” Heiss said.“We now have friends for life.For a day, that border fence with its concertina wire melted away.”语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，记叙了Randy Heiss在亚利桑那州巴塔哥尼亚徒步旅行时，意外收到了来自美墨边境的一个小女孩的圣诞礼物清单。

高考题型规范练(二)模块一Unit 2Growing painsⅠ.阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

AKuringai Chase National ParkGuided Walks and Nature ActivitiesSUNDAY MAY7EASYEarly Morning Walk in Upper Lane Cove ValleyMeet at 7:30 am at the end of Day RD,Cheltenham,while the bush is alive with birdsong.Round trip:4 hoursFRIDAY MAY12MEDIUMPossum ProwlMeet at 7:30 pm at Seaforth Oval carpark.Enjoy the peace of the bush at night.Lovely water views.Bring a torch and wear sports shoes as some rock climbing involved.Coffee and biscuits supplied.Duration (持续时间):2 hoursSUNDAY JUNE4HARDBairne/Basin TrackMeet at 9:30 am on Track #8,West Head Road.Impressive Pittwater views.Visit Beechwood Cottage.Bring lunch and drink.Some steep (陡峭的) sections.Reasonable fitness required.Duration:about 6 hoursFRIDAY JUNE16EASYPoetry Around a CampfireMeet at 7:00 pm at Kalbarri Visitor Center.Share your favourite poem or one of your own with a group around a gently burning fire.Tea and biscuits to follow.Dress up warmly.Cost:$4.00 per personDuration:2.5 hoursSUNDAY JUNE25EASYMorning Walk at Mitchell ParkMeet at 8:30 am at the entrance to Mitchell Park,for a pleasant walk wandering through rainforest,river flats and dry forest to swampland.A pair of binoculars(双筒望远镜) is a must to bring as many birds live here.Finish with morning tea.Round trip:3 hours◆GradingMEDIUM for those who periodically exerciseHARD only if you regularly exercise【语篇导读】本文是应用文。

阅读理解：主旨大意（二）AYou might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world's temperature. But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation (撤离) of an island nation. The citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.During the 20th century, sea level rose 8­12 inches. As a result, Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water that has polluted the country's drinking water.Paani Laupepa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (减少温室效应气体排放), which are a main cause of global warming. “By refusing to sign the agreement, the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years，” Laupepa told the BBC.Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries.Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable (易受影响的) to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, president of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”．篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。

安徽安庆市2022高考英语阅读理解（一轮）基础优题选编含参考答案A【吉林市梅河口市第五中学2021届高三上学期阶段测试】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A. B. C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

Dolphins（海豚）are not fish，but warm-blooded animals. They live in groups，and speak to each other in their own language. In this way they are like other animals，such as bees and birds.But dolphins are very different from almost all land animals. Their brain is nearly the same size as our own, and they live a long time --- at least twenty or thirty years.Like some animals, dolphins use sound to help them find their way around. They also make these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. We now know they do not use their ears to receive these sounds, but the lower part of the mouth, called the jaw.Strangely, dolphins seem to like man, and for thousands of years there have been stories about the dolphin and its friendship with people.There is a story about sailors in the 19th century. In a dangerous part of the sea off the coast of New Zealand, they learnt to look for a dolphin called Jack. From 1871 to 1903 Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. Then in 1903 a passenger on a boat called The Penguin shot and wounded Jack. He recovered and for nine years more continued to guide all ships through the area－except for The Penguin.Today, some people continue to kill dolphins, but many countries of the world now protect them and in these places it is against the law to kill them.21. By telling the story of Jack the writer wanted to show that _____.A. people are cruel to animalsB. dolphins are friendly and cleverC. Jack is different from other dolphinsD. dolphins should be protected by law22. Dolphins are different from many other animals in that they _____.A. live in groupsB. have their own languageC. are warm-bloodedD. have large brains23. Which of the following does the dolphin use to help it find its way around?A. Its mouth.B. Its ears.C. Its nose.D. Its eyes.24. Why did the sailors off the coast of New Zealand look for Jack?A. They wanted his help.B. They enjoyed playing with him.C. He was seriously wounded.D. He was lonely and liked to be with people【答案】21.B22.D23.A24.A22 .D细节题：由第一段第五句Their brain is nearly the same size as our own,可知海豚与其他动物最大的不同就是他们的脑子和人类的脑子几乎一样大，故选D。

高考英语一轮复习练案新人教版：UNIT 1 CULTURAL HERITAGEⅠ.阅读理解A(2022·厦门市第一次质检) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) included on December 17, 2020 China’s Tai Chi on the Representative List of the Intangible (无形的) Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The decision was announced during the online meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held from December 14 to 19 in Kingston, capital of Jamaica.“Born in the mid-17th century in a small village named Chenjiagou located in Central China’s Henan Province, Tai Chi is not only a kind of traditional wushu integrated with slow movements and deep breathing, but is also deeply rooted in many areas of Chinese culture, such as medicine and philosophy，” Zhu Xianghua says, who is the son of the famous Tai Chi master Zhu Tiancai.Although it has spread to more than 150 countries and regions, attracting more than 100 million people to practice, the idea that Tai Chi is for the elderly has stopped many young people practicing the ancient wushu. They think of it as a slow exercise, which is specially made and better suited for their grandparents. Instead, many young people are turning to the Indian practice of yoga (瑜伽) to relieve stress, whi ch was placed on the UNESCO’s List in 2016.In order to promote Tai Chi, joint efforts have been made from individuals and the Chinese government in the last decades. Xi’an Jiaotong University requires students to learn Tai Chi. Wang Yunbing, a professor i n the university’s sports center，stresses that Tai Chi is not only good physical exercise—researchers from the American College of Rheumatology find that it can help manage several diseases, but is also connected to ancient Chinese civilization. Since 2014, the World Tai Chi Championships have been held every two years by the International Wushu Federation.It provides a platform for communicating and learning between the Tai Chi masters and Tai Chi lovers around the globe. In January 2020, Tai Chi became an official event in the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。

阅读理解-七选五（二）七选五根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Do you like writing a few paragraphs every day about your experiences, hopes, memories or feelings? If you don't, it's time to make a change now. Because write just a few paragraphs every day about your experiences, hopes, memories and feelings, you will immediately begin to experience benefits to your personal growth and potential.You will gradually become better at expressing yourself. __1__ However, when you become lazy with words, you find it is more difficult to describe feelings, share experiences and make yourself understood.__2__ As you write about memories, it is like opening an old photo album. Your pen begins to explore feelings and details you have forgotten and dreams you have left behind. You suddenly remember people you would like to contact again. Writing is an activity that avoids distraction(使人分心的事物) long enough for you to explore those wonderful moments of the past. Sometimes they are frightening. __3__ Writing about daily experiences and feelings provides a recorded history that will influence how you make future decisions. __4__ They learned from what had happened before. Your history is important. Don't let it be forgotten.Writing reminds you of your dreams and keeps you moving toward them. It is a means of keeping track of your purpose and the goals that will lead you to achieve them. __5__ It shows when you have been distracted and may need to give all your attention again to your writing.Writing a little every day could provide the material that someday becomes a published book. When I wrote about my depression and my four－year－old granddaughter who got lost in the mountains, I never dreamed it would be in a book.A. You will remember things long forgotten.B. Writing keeps you energetic and full of imagination all the time.C. Sometimes they are wonderful and almost always they are helpful.D. Sooner or later, you are surely to become a great professional writer.E. Reviewing what you have written is a perfect way to see your progress.F. There's a reason that the greatest leaders in history were students of history.G. When you write daily, you can always be amazed at how quickly your writing skillsimprove.答案与解析【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了每天记录自己的所思所想以及经历和记忆的一些好处。