高中英语专项训练阅读理解

高中英语阅读理解( 1 )A Shoe PatternHarry is eighteen now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous man. So they often tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning, after breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.Once Harry‘s father was sent to London on bus iness. He would stay there for half a year. Leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all what her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn‘t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn‘t know where to get on the bus!Yesterday Harry‘s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn‘t know how to c hoose. The woman had a sigh(叹息) and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样) and told him to buy a pair of shoes himself. It‘s Saturday today and Harry doesn‘t go to school. With a policeman‘s help, he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, ―What‘s the matter, young man?‖―I‘m sorry, I‘ve left the shoe pattern at home!‖1. _______ always does some housework in the morning.A. Harry‘s fatherB. Harry‘s motherC. HarryD. Nobody2. Harry‘s parents do all instead of him because _______.A. he‘s too youngB. he has poor healthC. he‘s busy with his studiesD. they hope he spends all time on studies3. The woman had to look after her son by herself because _______.A. her husband wasn‘t at homeB. she was stronger than her husbandC. she knew the young man wellD. she was freer than her husband4. When the man was in London, _______.A. Harry had to stay at homeB. Harry didn‘t find the bus stopC. Harry fell behind in his classD. Harry wouldn‘t go to school5. The woman told her son to buy a pair of shoes because _______.A. she didn‘t know what kind he neededB. she was busy with the houseworkC. something was wrong with herD. she wanted her son to do something himself6. In fact, _______.A. Harry wanted his mother to buy shoes for himB. Harry didn‘t believe himselfC. Harry wouldn‘t listen to his motherD. Harry was strong enough to buy shoes for himself( 2 )Son‘s HelpMr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn‘t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.It was New Year‘s Day. Mr. Lang didn‘t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn‘t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.―I saw there weren‘t any policemen outside, daddy,‖ said the boy, ―so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.‖1. Mr. Lang was paid much because _______.A. he was a driverB. he worked in a factoryC. he had a lot of work to doD. he had worked there for a long time2. Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______.A. she couldn‘t find any workB. she thought her husband was tiredC. her husband spent all time in gamblingD. she wouldn‘t stop her husband gambling3. _______, so he was put into lockup.A. Mr. Lang often gambledB. Mr. Lang was late for workC. Mr. Lang didn‘t help his wife at homeD. Mr. Lang wasn‘t polite to the police4. The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.A. he didn‘t love her any longerB. he wouldn‘t stop gamblingC. he had been put into lockupD. he was hardly sent away by the factory5. Which of the following is right?A. The boy hoped his father to be put into lockup again.B. The boy thought his father needed some policemen.C. The boy hoped his father to stop gambling soon.D. The boy hoped his mother to come back.( 3 )Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner did not know what to do. The price was reasonable and the food was of good quality, but nobody seemed to want to eat there.Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant is always full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a menu(菜单), The menu looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter gave to the man supplied the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine. while the menu that he gave to the lady supplied a much higher price! So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous(慷慨) than he really was.1. Why didn‘t people come to the White Rose Restaurant to eat at first?A. Because the price was high.B. Because the food was too cheap.C. Because the food was not good.D. The passage didn‘t mention.2. According to the passage we can conclude that the people who eat at this restaurant are mostly _______.A. poor old peopleB. rich young peopleC. men with their girl friendsD. parents with their children3. The difference between the two kinds of menu lie in _______.A. the colorB. the shapeC. the priceD. the food4. According to the passage we can infer that when men with their girl friends eat at this restaurant, the food was paid _______.A. always by the ladies onlyB. always by the men onlyC. sometimes by the ladiesD. either by the men or by the ladies5. According to the passage we can know that, generally speaking,_____.A. men are more generous than womenB. women are more generous than menC. men like their lady friends to be generousD. women like their men friends to be generous( 4 )It's eight o'clock and the time for Morning New Highlights(最精彩部分). One person was killed and two were injured in a car accident just thirty minutes ago. Cause of the accident is not yet found out. A great fire swept through a storehouse next to the Fulton River early this morning, causing about $3,000,000 in damage. The fire which broke out at about 2:30 was finally put out at 5: 30. That was the Morning News Highlights, Dan Verne reporting.1. According to the passage the car accident happened at _______.A.8:00B.7:30C.2:30D.8:302. How many pieces of news are reported in the short passage?A. Two.B. Three.C. One.D. Four.3. The above passage may probably appear _______.A. in the newspaperB. in a magazineC. on the radioD. on the telephone( 5 )The computer is a useful machine. It is the most important invention in many years. The oldest kind of computer is the abacus(算盘), used in China centuries ago, but the first large,modern computer was built in 1946. A computer then could do maths problems quite fast.Today computers are used in many ways and can do many kinds of work. In a few years the computer may touch the life of everyone, even people in faraway villages.In the last few years, there have been great changes in computers. They are getting smaller and smaller, and computing faster and faster, Many scientists agree that computers can now do many things, but they cannot do everything. Who knows what the computers of tomorrow will be like? Will computers bring good things or bad things to people? The scientists of today will have to decide how to use the computers of tomorrow.1. The computer is a _______ machine.A. helpfulB. strangeC. largeD. dangerous2. The first large, modern computer was built about _______ years ago.A. a fewB. fortyC. sixtyD. eighty3. The computers of today are _______ than before.A. biggerB. fewerC. smallerD. taller4. Computers can do _______.A. everythingB. anythingC. nothingD. lots of things5. The scientists of today _______ how to use the computers of tomorrow.A. may decideB. must decideC. can makeD. needn‘t make( 6 )Once a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon record(马拉松记录). They wanted to play for ninety hours and that is to add six hours to the record. Each team had nine players, with five at a time. The boys decided each person would play 21. 5 hours and then rest for 2 hours. Then they started at 6 o‘clock in the e vening.The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited(兴奋的) to fall asleep at once.After sleeping for a short time, they had to play again. On the second night, they fell asleep as soon as they stopped. Some of them had trouble with their feet and hands, but the only serious problem was a psychological(心理上的) one. Each boy was thinking：why am I doing this？How can I play any longer？After the third night, the players knew they could finish the ninety hours. The basketball on the fourth night was very slow. But in the final hours, the players got better. For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was！1. In the story, there were _______ schoolboys playing basketball marathon.A. 9B. 14C. 17D. 182. Before this basketball marathon, the world record was _______.A. 84 hoursB. 86 hoursC. 90 hoursD. 96 hours3. The first night was hard for the players to fall asleep because _______.A. they were too excitedB. they only slept for a short timeC. no one watched them playD. it was very long4. ―…the players looked as fresh as when they started‖ here ―fresh‖ means _______.A. 新鲜的B. 兴奋不已的C. 精神饱满的D. 伤痕累累的5. Which of the following sentences is wrong？A. Some of the boys were hurt when they played.B. It was hard for the players to fall asleep at night.C. The boys started playing at 6 o‘clock in the evening.D. In the end, all the boys felt happy.( 7 )Every people uses its own special word to show its ideas and feelings. Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is ―Where‘s the beef?‖ It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. In the early 1980s ―Where‘s the beef?‖ was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone using it at the time.Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and food is more popular in America than a hamburger made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Ray called this ―McDonald‘s‖. Ray became one of the richest businessmen at last in America.Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company called ―Wendy‘s‖ said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald‘s or anyone else. The Wendy‘s Company began to use the expression ―Where‘s the beef?‖ to make people know that Wendy‘s hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendy‘s television advertisement showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. ―Where‘s the beef?‖ she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendy‘s hamburger restaurants was success. As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expres sion ―Where‘s the beef?‖.1. _______ started McDonald‘s restaurant.A. RayB. McDonaldC. WendyD. Three old women2. Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought _______.A. they could sell hamburgers at a low priceB. hamburgers were easy to makeC. beef was very popular in AmericaD. they could make a lot of money3. Wendy‘s made the expression known to everybody _______.A. with many old women eating hamburgersB. by a television advertisementC. while selling bread with a bit of meat in itD. at the McDonald‘s restaurant4. We can learn from the passage that the expression ―Where‘s the beef?‖ means _______.A. The beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to beB. The hamburgers are not as good as they are said to beC. It is used when something is not as good as it is said to beD. Wendy‘s is the biggest( 8 )Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teen-agers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others by themselves. A few learn English by learning the language over the radio, on TV, or in film. One must work hard to learn another language.Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer this question. Manyboys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects required for study. They study their own language and maths and English: Some people learn it because it is useful for their work. Many people learn English for their work. Many people learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.1. People learn English _______.A. at schoolB. over the radioC. on TVD. not all in the same way2. Different kinds of people want to learn English _______.A. together with other subjectsB. for different reasonsC. for their workD. for higher studies at colleges3. From this passage we know that _______.A. we can learn English easilyB. English is very difficult to learnC. English is learned by most people in the worldD. English is a useful language but one must work hard to learn4. Which of the following is right?A. We don‘t need to learn any foreign languag es.B. We can do well in all our work without English.C. English is the most important subject in schools.D. We should learn English because we need to face the world.( 9 )Napoleon agreed to plans for a tunnel(隧道) under the English Channel in 1802. The British began digging one in 1880. Neither tunnel was completed. Europe has had to wait until the end of the 20th century for the Channel Tunnel. After nearly two centuries of dreaming, the island of Great Britain is connected to Continental Europe for the first time since the Ice Age, when the two land masses moved apart.On May 6, 1994, Britain‘s Queen Elizabeth and France‘s President Mitterrand carried out the official opening. The Queen was accompanied(陪同) on her train journey through the historic tunnel by one of her Rolls-Royce cars which was placed on the train. The following day saw celebrations taking place in Folkestone and Calais. Regular public services did not start until the latter part of 1994.1. The island of Great Britain is _______.A. connected to France all the timeB. separated from France with a tunnelC. separated from France all the timeD. joined to France with the tunnel2. Queen Elizabeth _______ at the opening.A. took her car Rolls-Royce through the tunnelB. took her car which was placed on her train through the tunnelC. took her train through the tunnelD. took Mitterrand‘s train through the tunnel3. Before 1994, one could go to Britain from France _______.A. only by shipB. by ship or planeC. by car or trainD. by ship, car or train4. Which of the following is right?A. Napoleon made plans for the tunnel.B. The public could pass through the tunnel by train after May 6, 1994.C. The tunnel was built for two centuries.D. The tunnel will do great good to Britain and France.( 10 )The United States has many different kinds of climates. On the northwest coast, the temperature changes very little between summer and winter, but the north central states have a very different kind of climate. In those states, people wear light clothes in summer, and they need heavy woolen clothes in winter.In the southwest mast, the climate is rainy and warm during the winter, but the summer is dry and hot. In the northeast of the United States, summer temperatures are very different from winter temperatures. Summer is usually hot, and winter is usually cold. Spring temperatures are warm, and fall temperatures are cool.Years ago, people in the cold parts of th e United States didn‘t often get fresh vegetables and fresh fruits during the summer. Today, however, trucks and trains carry fruits and vegetables very quickly to all parts of the United States. In this way, Americans ―send their climates‖ to people in other states.1. The summer and winter temperatures are almost the same _______.A. in the northeastern statesB. on the north central statesC. on the western statesD. on the northwest coast2. The word ―fall‖ in this passage means _______.A. dropB. downC. autumnD. spring3. Today people _______ can get fresh vegetables and fruits.A. in the north central statesB. in every part of the USAC. in the cold parts of the USAD. in the southwest part of the USA4. From this passage we know that the climate of the United States _______.A. is always very coldB. is warm in winterC. is widely differentD. changes very little between summer and winter5. From Paragraph 2 we know that the climate of the southwest coast is _______. (请结合所学的地理知识作答)A. Maritime(海洋性) climateB. Savanna(热带草原) climateC. Mediterranean(地中海) climateD. Tropical rainforest(热带雨林) climate( 11 )Put an ice cube from your fridge into a glass of water. You have a piece of string(线) 10 centimeters long. The problem is to take out that piece of ice with the help of the string. But you must not touch the ice with your fingers.You may ask your friends to try to do that when you are having dinner together. There is a saltcellar on the table. You must use salt when you carry out this experiment.First you put the string across the piece of ice. Then put some salt on the ice. Salt makes icemelt(融化). The ice round the string will begin to melt. But when it melts, it will lose heat. The cold ice cube will make the salt water freeze again.After a minute or two you may raise the piece of string and with it you will raise your piece of ice!This experiment can be very useful to you. If, for example, there is ice near the door of your house, you must use very much salt to melt all the ice. If you don‘t put enough salt, the water will freeze again.1. We must use _______ when we carry out this experiment.A. fridgeB. some foodC. a tableD. some salt2. How long will it take to carry out this experiment?A. More than three minutes.B. Five minutes or so.C. Only one minute or two.D. About ten minutes.3. What is the task of this experiment?A. Put the ice cube into the glass of water with the help of the string.B. Take out the ice cube in the glass of water with the help of the string.C. Take out the ice cube in the glass of water with your fingers.D. Put some salt on the ice cube and then put the string across it.4. How many things at least are used in this experiment?A. Three.B. Four.C. Six.D. Seven.5. We can learn something about _______ from the passage.A. PhysicsB. biologyC. chemistryD. maths( 12 )In the US, people prefer waiting for a table to sitting with people they don‘t know. This means a hostess may not seat a small group until a small table is available, even if a large one is. If you are sitting at a table with people you don‘t know, it is impolite to light up a cigarette without asking if it will disturb them.At American restaurants and coffee shops you are usually served tap water before you order. You may find the bread and butter is free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill.Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and closing time for stores or restaurants, though they usually do make rules for bars. Especially in large cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day.Serving in restaurants is often large; too large for many people. If you can‘t finish your meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask your waitress or waiter for a ―doggie bag‖. It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everybody knows you‘re taking the food for yourself.Supper and dinner are both words for the evening meal. Some people have ―Sunday dinner‖. This is an especially big noon meal.Tips are not usually added to the check. They are not included in the price of the meal, either.A tip of about 15% is expected and you should leave it on the table when you leave. In some restaurants, a check is brought on a plate and you put your money there. Then the waiter or waitress brings you your change.1. Which statement is true?A. American people like sitting with people they don‘t know.B. A hostess always seats a small group at a large table.C. American people never sit with people they don‘t know.D. American people would not light a cigarette if the people who sit at the same table mind their smoking.2. What is served before you order?A. breadB. butterC. coffeeD. cold water3. What do American people always do when servings are too large for them?A. They take the food home with a doggie bag for their dogs.B. They leave the food on the table and go away.C. They take the food home with a doggie bag and enjoy the food later.D. They ask the waitress or waiter to keep the food for them.4. Sunday dinner is_______.A. a dinner in the eveningB. A big noon mealC. a big lunch on SundayD. A supper on Sunday( 13 )Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future computers will be used in lots of everyday life. It is thought that we won‘t have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from computers. The Internet will be used to play games, see films and buy food. Most telephone calls will be made by computers, too.Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating(交际). Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways.Let‘s look at books, for example. Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books using computers. We will read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won‘t need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved. Computerized(计算机化) books will be used more and more.Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go in to shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also unlikely that many people will want to read large texts on our computers. Because paper books will perhaps be more friendly. Maybe computers won‘t change these two habits.1. In paragraph(段落)1 it is thought people will use computers for _______.A. playing games, shopping and making telephone callsB. making telephone calls, having meals and seeing filmsC. seeing films, buying food, and going for holidaysD. playing games, making telephone calls and seeing the doctor2. Which reason for using computerized books is NOT said in the passage?A. Computerized books won‘t be very expensive.B. Computers can keep many different books in them.C. We won‘t have lots of pages.D. We won‘t need any paper.3. Paragraph 4 tells _______.A. about the old and new ways of shopping and communicatingB. if the Internet will change our habitsC. about computerized booksD. about future uses of computers4. The title for this passage is _______.A. Computers will Replace Shops and BooksB. Computers Are the FutureC. Computers will Do Everything for ManD. How Computers Change Our Habits( 14 )When you are travelling, whether on business or for pleasure, you often need to stay in a hotel. The kind of hotel you choose probably is decided above all according to how much money you want to spend. There are small hotels with very few services, where the prices are low, or there are large hotels with all the very latest comforts, where you could spend all the money you have in the bank for one very comfortable night.There are several different kinds of people who go to hotels. Some want to live, rather than just stay, in a hotel; the hotels which are designed to meet their needs are called residential hotels. However, most people who stay in hotels are either business people or tourists on holiday.In most hotels, there are two kinds of rooms: single rooms, for the use of one person, and double rooms, for the use of two people. In addition, in large hotels, there are also suites(套房), which include two or more rooms connected together—perhaps a bed-room and a living room. They are for people who are very rich or very important.1. One‘s choice of a particular hotel is made mainly according to _______.A. how much one is willing to pay for a nightB. whether one is travelling on business or for pleasureC. whether the hotel is in the central part of a cityD. how good the services of the hotel are2. If the president of a certain country comes, he will _______.A. live in a new hotel with a suiteB. stay in a single room of a hotelC. stay in a double room of a hotelD. stay in a suite of a modern hotel3. If a person stays in a modern hotel with latest comforts for a night, _______.A. he will become poorB. he has to pay a lot of moneyC. he has to spend all the money he has in the bankD. he has to pay some money4. The title of the article is probably _______.A. Rooms of a HotelB. Cost of a HotelC. HotelsD. People staying in Hotels( 15 )Among the first to suggest that clocks be moved ahead to extend(延长) daylight hours during the spring and summer was Benjamin Franklin. However, it was not until March 31, 1918, more than a century after Franklin‘s death, that Congress adopted the pract ice — during World War I, in order to save electricity. During World War I, daylight saving was also adopted(采取) in England, Germany, France, and many other countries.1. Daylight saving means _______.A. to make the clocks fasterB. to make the clocks slowerC. to extend daylight hoursD. to shorten day hours2. The first to suggest that clocks be moved ahead to extend daylight hours was _______.A. Benjamin FranklinB. Congress of the United StatesC. No oneD. Newton3. When did they put this into practice?A. World War II.B. World War I.C. More than a century ago.D. About 50 years ago.4. Congress adopted the practice, in order _______.A. to save waterB. to save electricityC. to save moneyD. to save time5. Daylight saving was also adopted _______.A. in England and France.B. in Germany and many other countries.C. Both A and BD. all the countries1.Lincoln College of English _______.A. is at the centre of LondonB. lies far away from LondonC. takes in foreign students, from beginners to the advancedD. accepts students only at the beginning of the year2. While you stay there, _______ will take care of you.A. the school where you studyB. the family you have chosenC. your classmatesD. your own parents3. If you go there for a one-term course, you will pay _______ for it.A.￡1, 380B. over ￡1, 380C. much less than ￡1, 380D. nothing( 17 )A: I once heard someone shout, ―Look out.‖I put my heard out of the window and a bucketful water fell on me. It seems that ―Look out‖ may mean ―Don‘t look out‖.B: I was once on a ship and heard the captain shout, ―All hands on deck(甲板).‖ I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.C: I once called early on an English friend and the servant who came to the door said, ―He‘s。