（英语）高三英语阅读理解技巧(很有用)及练习题一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解American college students are becoming more adventuresome as they study abroad, showing less interests in English-speaking destinations such as Great Britain and Australia and more in such countries as China, India, Argentina and Brazil.Britain remained the most popular study destination in 2005, according to annual figures from the Institute of International Education, followed by Italy, Spain and France. But the number of American students studying in Britain and Australia descended a little, even as the number of American students abroad rose by 8%. The growth came in non-English speaking European countries and in Asia. China is now the eighth most popular destination for American students, attracting nearly 6,400 in 2005, up 35% from the number of the year before. Argentina and India saw increases of more than 50%.Allan Goodman, president of the Institute of International Education, said that a range of factors contributed to the trend, from growing awareness of globalization after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, to programs such as former President Bush's National Security Language Initiative, which trains soldiers, intelligence officers and diplomats in foreign languages. “What Americans are doing is waking up and discovering there's a world out there,” he said.Other figures showed the flow of students in the opposite direction, from foreign countries into American universities. The institute found that international enrollment (入学) in American higher education remained steady at about 565,000. The figures are of keen interest to universities, which depend on foreign students for teaching and research help, and to policy-makers, who consider it important, as future foreign leaders may be familiar with the United States. The year of 2005 saw big increases in students from South Korea, Mexico and Taiwan of China. India sends the most students and China is No.2. Other countries that show large percentage increases in the number of students sent to the US include Nepal and Vietnam, while Japan, Turkey and Malaysia saw declines. About 58% of international students in the US come from Asia.（1）What does the underlined word “descended” in Paragraph 2 means?A. Changed.B. Declined.C. Multiplied.D. Increased.（2）Why do more American students study in Asia?A. They expect to get more teaching and research help.B. They lose confidence in English-speaking countries.C. They are afraid that terrorist attacks will happen again.D. They prefer to explore a different world from their own.（3）Where were most foreign students in America from in 2005?A. China.B. India.C. Argentina.D. Britain.（4）What can we infer from the passage?A. There were 6,400 American students studying in China in 2005.B. Chinese students to America will overpass Indians in the future.C. International enrollment in American higher education changed a lot.D. Asian studentsaccount for a large part of foreign students in America.【答案】（1）B（2）D（3）B（4）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了不同国家的人国外留学的情况。
（1）考查词义猜测。
根据第二段中的“But the number of American students studying in Britain and Australia descended a little, even as the number of American students abroad rose by 8%.”这句话的后半句的意思是“尽管美国学生在国外的人数增长了8%”，由此推知“但是在英国和澳大利亚学习的美国学生人数下降了一点，”故选B。
（2）考查推理判断。
根据第三段中的“What Americans are doing is waking up and discovering there's a world out there,”可知，现在越来越多的美国学生来到亚洲是因为他们更喜欢从自己的世界去探索不同的世界。
故选D。
（3）考查细节理解。
根据最后一段中的“The y ear of 2005 saw big increases in students from South Korea, Mexico and Taiwan of China. India sends the most students and China is No.2.”可知，在2005年美国多数的外国学生都来自印度。
故选B。
（4）考查推理判断。
根据最后一段中的“About 58% of international students in the US come from Asia.”可知，在美国，亚洲学生占外国学生的很大一部分。
故选D。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查，是一篇社会现象类阅读，要求考生准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，选出正确答案。
2．阅读理解One of my first memories as a child in the 1950s was a discussion I had with my brother in our tiny bedroom in the family house in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.We had heard in school about a planet called Pluto. It was the farthest, coldest, and darkest thing a child could imagine. We guessed how long it would take to die if we stood on the surface of such a frozen place wearing only the clothes we had on. We tried to figure out how much colder Pluto was than Antarctica, or than the coldest day we had ever experienced in Pennsylvania.Pluto, which famously was downgraded from a “major planet” to a “dwarf planet”（矮星） in 2006, captured our imagination because it was a mystery that could complete our picture of what it was like at the most remote corners of our solar system.Pluto's underdog discovery story is part of what makes it so attractive. Clyde Tombaugh was a Kansas farm boy who built telescopes out of spare auto parts, old farm equipment and self-ground lenses. As an assistant at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, Tombaugh's task was to search millions of stars for a moving point of light, a planet that the observatory's founder thought existed beyond the orbit of Neptune. On February 18，1930，Tombaugh found it. Pluto was the first planet discovered by an American, and represented a moment of light in the midst of the Great Depression's dark encroachment (入侵).Pluto is much more than something that is not a planet. It's a reminder that there are many worlds out there beyond our own and that the sky isn't the limit at all. We don't know what kinds of fantastic variations on a theme nature is capable of making until we get there to look.（1）Why did Pluto become famous in 2006 according to the passage?A. Because it lost its major planet status.B. Because it disappeared in the sky.C. Because it was discovered by an American.D. Because it was proved to be the coldest planet in the universe.（2）What can be a suitable title for the text?A. An American Scientist: Clyde TombaughB. Pluto was First Discovered by a BoyC. Pluto's Strange RomanceD. The Days I Spent with My Brother in Pennsylvania（3）What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?A. Clyde Tombaugh discovered the darkness in the Great Depression.B. Pluto was the only planet that was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.C. Clyde Tombaugh's job was to build telescopes for Lowell Observatory.D. Clyde Tombaugh's telescopes used for searching stars were very simple.（4）What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph most probably mean?A. Pluto is no less than a planet in the solar system.B. Pluto is much more than a planet in the solar system.C. Pluto is more important than any other planet in the sky.D. Pluto is not a planet in the solar system, but it is more than a planet.【答案】（1）A（2）C（3）D（4）D【解析】【分析】文章讲述了小时候作者对冥王星的认识，以及冥王星被发现和被从太阳系去除的经过，更表现了冥王星的神秘和魅力，这使作者认识到宇宙是无穷的，也是不断变化的，需要我们不停去探索。
