2011年高一英语上学期25分钟限时阅读天天练—第３天
阅读理解（24分）
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Joe and Helen Mills had two small children. One was six and the other four. They always resisted going to bed, and Helen was always complaining (抱怨) about this and asking Joe for help. But as he did not come home until after they had gone to bed during the week, he was unable to help except at weekends.
Joe considered himself a good singer, but really his voice was not at all musical. However, he decided that, if he sang to the children when they went to bed, it would help them to relax, and they would soon go to sleep.
He did this every Saturday and Sunday night until he heard his small son whispered to his younger sister, "If you pretend that you're asleep, he stops."
1. The children always resisted going to bed, which ___________.
A. made Helen puzzled
B. satisfied their mother
C. Helen was not satisfied with
D. gave Helen much trouble
2.The husband couldn't help the wife to look after the children ___________.
A. because he returned from work too late
B. since his voice sounded like a singer's
C. except on Saturday and Sunday
D. for he did not come home until after the children had gone to bed at weekends
3. Joe worked ___________.
A. all the week including Saturday and Sunday
B. every day but Saturday and Sunday
C. during the week including the weekends
D. every week except on Sunday
4.Which of the following conclusions can we draw from the above story?
A. Joe's song did help the children to relax.
B. With Joe's help, the children went to sleep.
C. The wife must be thankful to her husband for the great help.
D. The children were so tired of their father's voice that they pretended to be asleep.
B
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If you are aged 24--45 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for．You should be good at the computer and have some experience in programme writing．You will be allowed to make our decision, and to design courses as well as present them．Pay upwards of ￡15,000 for the right person．Please apply by sending your CV （简历）to Mrs R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited．5．Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?
A．Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100．B．Mrs R．Oglivie, Palmlace Limited．
C．The Enterprise Shopping Centre D．Wealden District Council．
6．We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who __________．
A．is aged between 24 and 40 B．may do some training work
C．should deal with general duties D．can work for about a month 7．Which position is open to recent school graduates?
A．Producer, London Kiss．B．Father Christmas．
C．Accountants Assistant D．Software Trainer
8．What kind of person would probably apply to Palmace Limited?
A．One with GCSE grade C level．
B．One with some office experience．
C．One having good computer knowledge
D．One trained in producing music programs
C
The year was 1932. Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small single-engined aero plane. At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into bad weather. To make things worse, her altimeter (高度表) failed and she didn’t know how high she was flying. At night, and in a storm, a pilot is in great difficulty without an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly plunged (冲) into the sea.
Just before dawn, there was further trouble. Amelia noticed fire coming from the engine. Would she be able to reach land? There was nothing to do except to keep going and to hope.
In the end, Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland, and for the courage she had shown, she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe. When she returned to the United States, she was honored by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House. From that time on, Amelia Earhart was famous
What was so important about her flight? Amelia Earhart was the first woman
to fly the Atlantic Ocean alone, and she had set a record of fourteen hours and fifty-six minutes.
In the years that followed, Amelia Earhart made several flights across the United States, and on each occasion she set a new record for flying time. Amelia Earhart made these flights to show that women had a place in aviation (航空) and that air travel was useful.
9. Which of the following statements is NOT the difficulty which Amelia Earhart met in her flight from North America to England?
A. She was caught in a storm.
B. The altimeter went out of order.
C. Her engine went wrong.
D. She lost her direction.
10. When Amelia Earhart saw fire coming from the engine, what did she do?
A. She did nothing but pray for herself.
B. She changed her direction and landed in Ireland.
C. She continued flying.
D. She lost hope of reaching land.
11. According to the passage, what was Amelia Earhart’s reason for making her flights?
A. To set a new record for flying time.
B. To be the first woman to fly around the world.
C. To show that aviation was not just for men.
D. To become famous in the world.
12. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Amelia Earhart—First Across the Atlantic
B. Amelia Earhart—Pioneer in Women’s Aviation
C. A New Record for Flying Time
D. A Dangerous Flight from North America to England
阅读下面短文，用完整句子回答１３—１５小题，并对１６小题的陈述进行判断
You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes(撞击) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!
Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast-moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks.
There are two sides of their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!
But although their work depends on tricks of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman's success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for
example, skied over the edge of a cliff(悬崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute(降
落伞) failed to open, and he was killed.
In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no
longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For
nowadays there are stuntgirls too!
１３. Please define(给…下定义) “stuntman”.
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１４. What do you think is the most important factor of a successful performance for
stuntmen?
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１５. What can be inferred (推断出) from the author's example of the Norwegian
stuntman?
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１６. Please decide if these statements are True (T) or False (F).
1）Most of those stunt actors do their jobs for a living. ____
2）The windows those stuntmen crash through are made of plastic. ____
3）The jobs of stuntmen are well paid and safe since there is a lot of protection
for them.____
4）There are only men who are doing the stunt performance. ____
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１３. Stuntmen are persons who perform dangerous actions and tricks with trained
skills in place of an actor or actress.
１４. The most important factor for a successful stuntman is careful timing.
２５ It can be inferred from the text that sometimes an accident can occur to a
stuntman.
１６. T F F F
高一英语阅读限时训练(9.24) A A man wanted to give his mother a birthday present. He bought a parrot. The parrot was very expensive. It was $50.000. This was because the bird could talk in English, Japanese, Chinese and other nine languages. It could also sing ten famous songs. On her birthday, the mother got the bird. However, she did not know all this. Early the next morning, the telephone rang in her house, and the woman answered. It was her son. “Do you like the bird, Mother?”these came her son’s voice on the ot her side. “Oh, yes, very much!” answer the mother. “It was delicious!” 1. The man gave his mother _______ as her birthday present. A. a parrot B. some money C. a birthday cake D. some new clothes 2. A parrot is __________. A. a kind of car B. a bird which can do housework for you C. a bird that can speak D. a robot that can speak nine foreign languages. 3. Why was the bird so dear?______________ A. Because it was very friendly to people. B. Because it could speak twelve languages. C. Because it could sing ten famous songs. D. Both B and C 4. What was the end of the bird?____________ A. It flew away. B. It was dead. C. It talked with the old woman in different languages. D. Other people liked the bird very much and took it away. 5. How do you think the man felt when he heard the news?___________ A. He was angry. B. He was unhappy. C. He was very surprised. D. All of the above. B A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign (标牌) which said, “I am blind. Please help me.” There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put it back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words. Soon the hat began to fill up. More and more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see the boy again. The boy recognize his footst eps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?” The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way. I wrote, ‘Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.’” Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course both signs told people the boy was blind, but the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. 6. The blind boy held up the sign to ______. A. ask the way B. find the man C. ask for money D. find his family 7. What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指的是) __________？ A. the word B. the sign C. the coin D. the hat 8. The boy recognized the man from his _______. A. footsteps B. voice C. words D. coins
英语每日一练（一） Whenever we hear about “the homeless,”, most of us think of the Developing world. But the 36 is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a 37 country like Germany? Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making 38 for the homeless of Berlin, Germany’s capital. They first 39 one long hot summer when most Germans were 40 on holiday. Kurt and his wife stayed at home, made sandwiches, 41 a table in the street and gave food to the homeless. The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing weren’t 42 . “What these people also need is warmth and 43 ,” says Rita. The Mullers didn’t 44 to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita 45 there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always 46 to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street. The couple were soon 47 all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to 48 donations. Today, over thirty companies 49 donate food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help to 50 them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer 51 new shoes. Kurt and Rita receive no 52 for their hard work. “We feel like parents,”says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t 53 money for helping their children. The love we get on the streets is our salary.” Though Rita admits she often gets 54 . She says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a 55 in the world. 36. A. result B. truth C. reason D. idea 37. A. traditional B. developing C. typical D. wealthy 38. A. preparations B. houses C. meals D. suggestions 39. A. began B. met C. called D. left 40. A. asleep B. alone C. across D. away 41. A. brought up B. set up C. put aside D. gave away 42. A. enough B. necessary C. helpful D. expensive 43. A. fame B. freedom C. courage D. caring 44. A. hesitate B. agree C. pretend D. intend 45. A. make sense B. found out C. make sure D. worked out 46. A. open B. crowded C. noisy D. near 47. A. costing B. wasting C. taking D. spending 48. A. pay for B. ask for C. look into D. carry out 49. A. completely B. calmly C. regularly D. roughly 50. A. advertise B. sell C. deliver D. lend 51. A. donates B. produces C. designs D. collects 52. A. permission B. payment C. direction D. support 53. A. borrow B. raise C. save D. expect 54. A. surprised B. excited C. tired D. amused 55. A. profit B. difference C. decision D. rule It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone. The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to
高一英语阅读理解试题及答案) 一( 40分）20小题；每小题2分，满分阅读理解（共A “Some day, there'll be no Americans left in
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记叙文类作者：巩穹 （I）★★ Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling. In 1849, after graduation from medical school. she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea. Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women. 1. Why couldn't Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon? A. She couldn't get admitted to medical school B. She decided to further her education in Paris C. A serious eye problem stopped her D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States 2. What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth's chances for becoming for a doctor? A. She was a woman. B. She wrote too many letters. C. She couldn't graduate from medical school. D. She couldn't set up her hospital. 3. How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital? A. Eight years B. Ten years C. Nineteen years D. Thirty-six years 4. According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts”in the life of Elizabeth Blacekwell except that she ______. A. became the first woman physician B. was the first woman doctor C. and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children D. set up the first medical school for women 5. Eilzabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in _______. A. England B. Paris C. the United States D. New York City 1-5 CAABC （II）★★★ Europe is now the biggest market for organic food in the world, having grown by 25 percent a year over the past 10 years. Denmark's agriculture minister is herself an organic farmer.
高一阅读限时测验 姓名：______ （A） While students in Hainan are quite used to clear skies, Beijing teenagers are not so lucky. As another warm winter approaches, the city can expect the normal clouds of smoke caused by air pollution. But things could start to get better soon. The government is co-operating with a US-based environmental protection agency to update existing buses and trucks with clean fuel technology. The new technology could reduce air pollutants in existing diesel vehicles （柴油机） by 40 per cent. The programme will begin by testing buses in Beijing to see if the technology can be applied to them. “ Weencourage the development of public transportation. But at the same time we need to reduce pollution from them, ” said an official. Efforts are being made to improve the capital ' s environment with tighter controls 排放m）issions （ Some heavily polluting factories and construction sites, such as those owned by the steel giant Shougang Group, have been asked to cut production in November and December or be closed. Beijing was the third polluted city in the world at the end of last century, according to the UN. But thanks to recent measures, the capital has made some progress. Last year 224 clear days were rated as having good air quality. In 1998 the air quality index （指数） gave just 100 days as good. “I am glad to see an improvement, ” said a Senior 1 boy living in the northwest of Beijing. to other places, the air quality of Beijing is still worrying though. I hate the pollution. Once I was riding my bike in the morning when I almost had a traffic accident because I couldn ' tasyeferoamcar only metr me in frog. ” In early October, the skies were covered by such a thick fog that a display show by the visiting French air force was called off. Rapid development, industry, traffic fumes （烟） and sandstorms from the desert all contribute to the city ' s bad air. 1. The passage is mainly about ______ ? A. a programme to improve Beijing ' s air quality B. progress made in Beijing ' s air quality C. Beijing ' s air pollution D. the difference between Hainan and Beijing 2. Which of the following is not the measure taken or to be taken to improve Beijing ' A. Clean fuel technology will be used in public transportation. B. Some factories have been asked to cut production. C. Some construction sites have been told to be closed. D. A display show of airplanes has been called off. 3. We can infer from the passage that, with the aim of being an ecological （生态的） city by the 2008 Olympics, _______ . A. far more still needs to be done B. nothing else needs to be done C. all traffic has to be closed D. the development of the city has to be slowed down 4. Which is not correct according to the passage? A. Beijing ' s air quality is getting worse and worse. B. Development, industry, traffic fumes and sandstorms are all the causes of bad air quality. C. Clouds of smoke in the sky is the common feature in the winter of Beijing. D. The government is making every effort to stop air pollution. （B）
【高中英语每日一练】美文欣赏 The Goodness of life 生命的美好 Though there is much to be concerned about, there is far, far more for which to be thankful. Though life’s goodness can at times be overshadowed, it is never outweighed. For every single act that is senselessly destructive, there are thousands more small, quiet acts of love, kindness and compassion. For every person who seeks to hurt, there are many, many more who devote their lives to helping and to healing. There is goodness to life that cannot be denied. In the most magnificent vistas and in the smallest details, look closely, for that goodness always comes shining through. There si no limit to the goodness of life. It grows more abundant with each new encounter. The more you experience and appreciate the goodness of life, the more there is to be lived. Even when the cold winds blow and the world seems to be cov ered in foggy shadows, the goodness of life lives on. Open your eyes, open your heart, and you will see that goodness is everywhere. Though the goodness of life seems at times to suffer setbacks, it always endures. For in the darkest moment it becomes vividly clear that life is a priceless treasure. And so the goodness of life is made even stronger by the very things that would oppose it.
高一英语阅读理解题20套(带答案) 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 Even a small increase in light activity such as washing dishes, or walking around the house might help prevent an early death among older adults, researchers say. "It is important for elderly people, who might not be able to do much moderate intensity（强度）activity, that just moving around and doing light intensity activity will have strong effects and is beneficial," said Ulf Ekelund, who led the research. Published in the BMJ, the latest research was based on a review of eight studies involving a total of more than 36,000 people with an average age of almost 63 years. Participants were followed for five to six years; 2,149 deaths were recorded. All of the studies involved monitoring the physical activity of individuals who had activity trackers, and the studies did not rely on self-reporting, which, the experts noted, could be unreliable. For each study participants were split into four equal-sized groups, based on the total amount of time spent actively, and the risk of death assessed, taking into account factors such as age, sex, body mass index, and socioeconomic status. This was then repeated for an amount of activity at different levels of intensity. The results were analyzed together to give an overview. The team found a greater amount of activity was linked to a lower risk of death. The results held for different intensities of activity. The team said the study supported the message "sit less and move more and more often". However, the study had limitations. It only looked at the situation for middle age and older adults, most of whom lived in the US or Europe, and some of the effect could be due to those people with a higher risk of death being less likely to be related to physical activity. Physical activity levels also were only measured over one period of time. Dr Gavin Sandercock, from the University of Essex, said the results suggested moving more brought bigger benefits than simply reducing the time of sitting, another factor measured in the study. "This study reinforces the important message that getting the least active people to do even just a little bit more physical activity can have important public health benefits," he said. （1）Which of the following may Ulf Ekelund suggest elderly people do? A.lying on the sofa reading. B.Doing a little gentle gardening. C.Going out to hike with friends. D.Playing basketball sometimes. （2）What can we know about the research? A.It lasted about 8 years. B.The researchers admitted they used fake data. C.The participants didn't include younger people. D.Some participants died because of doing too much physical activity （3）What is the author's attitude towards the researchers' conclusion? A.Doubtful
40分阅读限时练(五) 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(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。 A [2019·湖北八校联考] Crazy-Creative Traditions in Schools Here are a few schools' crazy-creative traditions that will probably have you wish to go there so you could celebrate in all the graduation fun. Learn about them all in the below. Attire (服装) and Flowers at College of Charleston You fashionista will love this one. During the December ceremony, women wear black dresses and men wear black tuxedos (无尾礼服). During the May ceremony, women wear white dresses and men wear summer tuxedos. It's also been a tradition since the 1930s to carry flowers onto the stage: women carry bouquets of six red roses in a red bow and men wear a single red rose boutonniere (胸花). So classy! Hoop Rolling at Wellesley College This all-women's college tradition was originally held on May Day, but it's now held in April. The purpose was to allow students to essentially leave all their worries behind and just participate in some fun games outdoors. Back in the day, it was said that the winner of the hoop rolling race was the first to be married, and in the 1980s she would be the first to be a CEO. Nowadays, the winner would be the first to achieve her own happiness... that is, after being thrown into Lake Waban by all her classmates. Fabric and Green Grad Recycling Program at the University of New Hampshire You'll absolutely love this tradition. UNH's vendor provides wrinkle-resistant caps and gowns made of recycled plastic bottles. Graduates then have the opportunity to donate their gowns to be cleaned and reused. Graduates are still able to keep their caps and tassels as keepsakes, all while helping to save the environment. 体裁：应用文题材：学校生活主题：大学的疯狂创意传统 【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了三所国外的学校的一些有趣的、新奇的、富有创意的传统。
每日一练 一、晨读记忆 be good to 对….友好 add up 合计 another time 改时间 get sth done 使…被做 calm down 镇定下来 have got to 不得不 walk the dog 遛狗 make a list of 列出 hide away 躲藏；隐藏 be concerned about 关心；挂念 share sth with sb 和某人分享某物 go through 经历；仔细检查 set down 放下；记下 a series of 一系列；一套 be crazy about 对…着迷 on purpose 故意 in order to/ so as to 为了 face to face 面对面地 get along with 与…相处 pack up 收拾，打理行装 according to 按照；根据…所说 have trouble with sb/sth 同某人闹意见；做…有困难communicate with sb 和…交际 throw away the friendship 放弃/终止友谊 try out 试验；试用 join in 参加（活动） far and wide 到处 look to sth 注意，留心某事 fall in love 相爱 ignorant of 无知的 cheat sb (out) of sth 骗取某人某物have the/a habit of doing sth 有做…的习惯 二、交际用语训练 1.—Reading is the best way to pass time on the train.（2014安徽卷） —_______, I never go traveling without a book. A．You are joking B．That's true C．I don't think so D．It sounds like fun 【解析】本题主要考察交际用语。A你在开玩笑吧！B那是真的；C我不这么认为；D听起来很有趣。句义：—看书是在火车上消磨时间的最好的方法。—这是真的，我从来都没有不带书就去旅游。根据句义可知后者同意前者的观点。故B正确。 举一反三： –What’s the noise ? It sounds as if it comes from upstairs. --______ . It must be the window-cleaner working, next door. A.I’m not sure B. I hope not C. I’d rather not D. I don’t think so — I get at least half an hour of exercise almost every day. — Oh great! . A. Good luck B. Cheer up C. Same to you D. Keep it up 2. --- I’m sorry for breaking the cup. --- Oh, ____ --I’ve got plenty. A. forget it B. my pleasure C. help yourself D. pardon me 【解析】本题的四个选项都是交际用语中常考的内容。A没关系（回答对方的道歉）！得了吧（否定对方的提议）！B我的荣幸（帮助对方做完某件事情后面回答对方的感谢）。C请自