高考英语《七选五阅读理解》专项练习题（含答案）Travel is one of the activities people carry out most often during their spare time. 1．Maybe, for them, to broaden their horizons and to be happy and healthy, are more important than money. Travel can be a wonderful experience and a sweet memory. Thefoll owing tips on travel may help you if you plan to travel later on.Know more about the place you plan to visit. 2．After making a decision, you shoul d seek others’ advice and try to know more about the place that you are going to, i ncluding how to get there, the cost, the sights you plan to visit and so on.3．Especially if you plan to take part in adventure activities, you may get injured. Once such an injury or accid ent happens to you, you may not have to suffer both physically and financially as long as you have travel insurance.Do not forget medicines. 4．They are necessary for a col d, infection, stomach upset? injuries, etc. Since you are travelling away from home, you may not have family members to care for you when you fall ill. So, take extra care of yourself and be ready for everything.Mind your basic safety. It’s easy to let your guard d own when you travel. After all, you’re more relaxed and there are so many new sights to focus on. However, nothing is more important than your life. 5．A．Consid er travel insurance.B．Being a money-saving traveller is not easy.C．So, watch out for your personal safety at all times.D．Ask your classmates for opinions about where to go.E.Although travel may cost a lot of money, most people like to travel.F.Always remember to carry your first aid box and necessary medicines.G.To enjoy a wond erful trip, you shoul d think carefully about where to go.Movies have become such an inseparabl e part of our lives that it’s tough to imagine a world without this form of entertainment. With the development of new technology, the number of movie viewers has increased greatly. 6．The reason is that it opens a wind ow ofcountless possibilities for its viewers.Certain movies play positive rol es. Some try to raise awareness about the socioeconomic and political state of affairs of nations. Others raise awareness about the importance of education, medicine, art and politics. 7．They influence our thoughts in a positive way.8．This is one of the reasons why the animation industry is gaining more and more enthusiastic viewers. Additionally, movies can act as an escape hatch for people who wish to forget about all their worries and tensions, even if its effects just last for a few hours. 9．Anyhow, everything we watch and listen to affects and influences us at some level. 10．Some of us try to behave like them, and pay special attention to their newest fashion trends, the way they speak, and the lifestyle they l ead, both on and off screen.A．The movie industry is d eveloping fast.B．Whatever the actors do often affects us greatly.C．At some point, we all think it’s the new cool thing to d o.D．All these movie genres help awaken our sense of responsibility.E.The movie industry has played a rol e in creating empl oyment for peopl e.F.It makes them focus on things which aren’t linked to their own personal lives.G.We think about the things we saw and then we take our imagination a little further.Different types of volunteer opportunities for teenagers exist in a wide range of time periods and fields. 11．Types of these opportunities include working with young children, pets, or the el derly.After school opportunities can help teenagers develop a sense of responsibility and a good work attitud e. Volunteer opportunities for teenagers looking to volunteer after school includ e private teaching and volunteering as an instructor. 12．During the holidays, a wide variety of volunteer opportunities exist to help give back to the surrounding community during times of need. 13．Helping to organize a toy drive or hand out d onated gifts is another way for teenagers to get involved during the holiday season.Volunteering to help pets is an option for teenagers with a l ove of animals. 14．Teenagers who intend to enter professions handling animals can benefit from thelearning experience of handling a wide range of animals while sharing l ove and care with animals in need.15．Nursing homes can use teenage volunteers for arts activities and regular visits. In addition, regular volunteer opportunities for teenagers can include visiting elderly neighbors, running errands for those who have a hard time getting out, and helping them around their own homes with chores and basic upkeep, such as mowing the lawn.A．Options may also vary according to a child’s age.B．Volunteers can help keep animals cl ean, fed, and exercised.C．Working with the el derly is another opportunity for teenagers.D．It’s necessary to d o some research to find volunteer opportunities.E.They are available after school, during the summer, and over the holidays.F.These opportunities can often be found through local schools or community centers.G.Volunteering at food banks and homeless shelters is a good way to help the l ess fortunate.Learning to Love Locally-Grown FoodsCooking shows on TV are usually all about foreign foods. Thanks to globalization, people everywhere are introducing their taste buds to dishes from every corner of the world. 16．In the past few years, the number of people purchasing local foods has been rising because it offers a l ot of benefits.For starters, local food is often tastier because it is fresher. Imported goods must be fl own or shipped in from far away, so they naturally l ose some of their freshness during the journey.17．These materials may cause the nutritional value of these goods to d ecline during the shipping process. Food safety is another reason why people are choosing local produce. Today’s laws regarding fo ods vary from country to country.18．But when you know the local farmer who grows your food, the chances of it being polluted are greatly reduced.Buying local foods can also have a beneficial impact on the environment. Buying local, consumers can maintain green space and farmland in their communities. Besid es, if farmers can sell directly to consumers, they will earn more money for their families. Additional profits also enable farmers to better care for their soil and keep quality standards high.19．20．This is an open area where farmers sell fruits, vegetabl es, and meat directly to the public. Once you experience the freshness of local foods for yourself, it might be tough to go back to the supermarket.A．In the end, it’s a win-win situation for both parties.B．However, some disagree with the id ea of importing foreign foods.C．To conclud e, the farmers can make money and improve their life.D．This causes confusion and makes it difficult to check if any harmful chemicals were used.E.At the same time, other people are discovering that food from their area is the best.F.If you’re interested in having more local foods, you can even attend a farmers’ market.G.Imported goods must also be packaged in plastic or other containers to survive the journey.Learning to look after our minds and our bodies can help keep us healthy and happy for much l onger. 21．Fortunately, there are millions of little ways that are easy and effective.22．Schedule hangouts or phone calls with your l oved ones. You can stay updated on each other's lives and rely on one another for support in times of need. Connecting with others is a great way to lift your mood and improve your mental health.Talk about your feelings. 23．If you have cl ose friends or family members, reach out to them and tell them how you're feeling. If you d on't feel comfortabl e d oing that, consider talking to a mental health professional instead. Talking through terribl e feelings can help you process them faster than if you keep them inside.Stepping out into nature can lower your stress levels. When you have a break from work or school, try going for a walk in the nearby parks. On the weekends, hit up a hiking route or a local swimming spot. 24．A little self-care can rally improve your mood. Pick out something that makes you happy. It could be art, reading, listening to music, or playing with a pet. 25．Carving out some time every day for yourself is a great way to relax and take care of your mental health.A．Stay connected with friends and family members.B．The more you can get outside, the happier you'll feel.C．Try not to bottle up your emotions throughout the day.D．While doing it, you'll find negative thoughts magically disappear.E.But it isn't always easy, especially with jobs, school and responsibilities.F.People around you are always willing to share your happiness and sorrow.G.Try to schedul e 20 to 30 minutes every day to enjoy your favorite activity.Are you feeling empty? If so, you are not alone. Actually, it’s a common occurrence for many of us to feel empty in various ways. For instance, you might feel empty as something is missing in your life. Or the emptiness might stem from sl owly abandoning yourselves, and not listening to your own hopes and d esires. Abandoning yourselves can also spark anxiety, depression, guilt and shame. 26．Here are several suggestions to help you out.Acknowl edge the emptiness. If you’re experiencing emptiness that’s more like a gaping hole, acknowl edge it, and be gentle with yourself. 27．If this emptiness is because of a l oved one’s passing, d on’t get angry with yourself for grieving years later. In that case you learn to live life alongsid e that hol e of missing that person.Expl ore your feelings of emptiness. Scientists suggested expl oring the bel ow questions. We can do this while keeping a journal, taking a walk or drinking a cup of tea.＊Do I tell myself positive things?＊What am I trying to prove or win?＊28．＊Am I blaming myself for things that are out of my control?29．Fight the urge to turn to the outside worl d for fulfillment. Instead of trying to fill the emptiness with drugs, alcohol, TV, computer games or anything else, l ook within, and spend time with yourself. It may feel uncomfortabl e at first, but the more you practise devoting time and energy to yourself and caring for yourself, the l ess present those empty feelings will be.30．Whether you are experiencing difficult relationships, l osses, or feeling a lack of purpose or meaning, you are worthy of a fulfilling and meaningful life.A．Control your current feelings.B．Spend time with yourself every day.C．How do you handle your emptiness?D．Don’t beat yourself up for feeling this way.E.Have I been judging myself or comparing myself to others?F.It’s important to acknowl edge and accept your feelings of emptiness.G.Do you spend too much time on filling your emptiness?Can you move 11 minutes a day? You’ll live longer if you d o There is no d enying that 2020 has reduced activity levels. Between the Zoom meetings, Netflix binges and virtual cocktail hours, increased sitting is a pandemic-driven reality for many.31．But there is good news! Despite all that sed entary time, with as little as 11 minutes of movement a day, you can increase your life span, a recent study has found.32．It's true; past studies, including a popular study from 2016, had originally put the daily exercise target at 60 to 75 minutes for mortality benefits. However, that study was based on self-reported data, which this latest study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found to be flawed due to people misremembering their actual activity levels.Taking a more objective approach, scientists at the Norwegian School of Sports Medicine based their research on the use of activity monitors to track exercise versus sedentary time. The results showed that participants who exercised 35 minutes per day saw the biggest statistical difference on life span. Yet just 11 minutes of moderate exercise — equivalent to a brisk walk — still had a noticeabl e positive impact. 33．Here is a way to consider—4 sets of a 3-minute body-weight exercise sequence. Depending on the exercises you use, you may go at a slightly different pace during each round, making it about 11 minutes. When sel ecting your exercises, try to pick a sequence of movements that will equate to a full-body workout of mod erate effort. 34．Ideally, do a combo, determining the number of repetitions for each exercise based on your fitness level and maintaining a three-minute sequence for the time frame.See how easy it is to fit in 11 minutes of daily exercise? You can do it. 35．Although no one can give you a do-over of 2020, you can make up for lost time by adding a littl e more to your life span.A．In fact, you owe it to yourself after getting through this past year.B．And studies have reveal ed the great health risks of prol onged sitting.C．The simpl est way is with a walk outside or on the treadmill at your local gym.D．A l ower barrier makes it easier to get even the most inactive among us moving.E.You might wond er about the hour-per-day measurement you've been hearing about for years.F.What's more, both time frames were positively impactful, regardl ess of the amount of sitting.G.Avoid d oing only upper-body movements unless you do l ower-body movements the next day.Go on the Safest TripWhil e travelling, there are many safety measures that all travellers should take, even if they’re heading out a nearby mountain for a camping trip, renting a seaside Airbnb, or choosing any other d estination. Advice is highly needed on everything from what to pack to how to protect yourself. 36．Don’t take the unfamiliar road. Whil e part of the joy of exploring nature is seeing new and beautiful views, if your road trip includes a hike, stay on the marked path. Never give in to your curiosity to hike off-trail and in unfamiliar or unmarked areas. “ 37．” Warned by Dr. Velimir Petkov.Pack cl othing. In the morning, when you set out on your adventure, your temperature will likely be comfortable. As the sun reaches its highest point, you’ll start to sweat inside your car. 38．That’s why experts reco mmend packing everything you need to stay comfortable, including clothing for different temperatures.Make sure you get enough sleep. While many people have difficulty sleeping, plenty rest is necessary before a long car ride. “Do not drive while you are f eeling sleepy. 39．” Petkov recommended. He also noted that even if you get the benefits of seven to eight hours of sl eep, a little coffee can never hurt.Protect your skin. You may not consid er the sun whil e sitting in the car. The sunlight can go right through wind ow glass and cause you to burn. 40．Bahar Schmidt, found er of Eluxit Travel Agency, recommends making more efforts to protect your skin with sunscreen anddrugs against insects.A．You could get l ost, injured or both.B．It is a wise choice to wear strong shoes.C．You woul d never enjoy the views without the tips.D．If you feel like a rest, pull over and take a short break.E.And at night, certain areas experience a sharp drop in degrees.F.And mosquitoes are also drawn when you’re outd oors at night.G.We spoke with travel experts for safety guide to getting on the road.When you go to a new school, you might worry that you d on't know anyone or that you won't fit in. 41．Learn how to introduce yourself. Starting a conversation with someone new can be difficult, especially if you feel shy. Once you break the ice, however, you may find yourself in the middle of a bunch of friends. Choose someone to introduce yourself to. 42．And then talk about something related to school, such as, “When is the homework due?”43．Go to a park in the school neighborhood before school starts and maybe you can meet someone from your new school. If you make a new friend or two in advance, you won't feel so alone when you go to the first day of school.Participate in activities. Sign up for activities like sports or chess club. This will put you into smaller groups with peopl e who have similar interests as yours. 44．You might even be able to teach some other kids about how to do something.Set goals for yourself. By setting goals for yourself every day or every week, you can see how you are adjusting lo your new school in very real ways. For example, you can say, “45．.” Or you will plan to attend one club meeting this week.A．Smile and say hell o to him.B．Learn the rul es of the school.C．Try to meet new peopl e before school starts.D．I'll try saying hello to 3 new peopl e every day.E.Preparing for the first day can make life a lot easier.F.This will also give a chance to show your skills.G.In fact, school life will get easier when you know how to make new friends.With final exams drawing near, many students are understandably anxious and stressed out. Some even feel unprepared and approach these days with a sense of dread. This feeling is often made worse by all those wishing you luck and insisting that you enter the arena fill ed with confidence and positive thinking. 46．In fact, it’s a sign of intelligence.You may notice that stud ents with the l owest expectations often got the best results and vice versa. This makes total sense. Because you will focus on the subject when you have l ow expectation. 47．Conversely, if yo u d on’t know a lot about a subject, you might think it’s easier than it is, only to be struck dumb in panic when the questions actually are hard.Nancy Cantor is a researcher that rejects this culture of unbridled optimism. She believes defensive pessimism is a good strategy, for people with low expectations prepare themselves for possible failure and are therefore motivated to work hard to avoid that failure.48．In 1991, the great footballing nation of Austria was humiliated in the European Cup by amateurs from the Faroe Islands—a group of fishermen who had never played football before. Before kickoff, the Austrian manager was on TV predicting that they woul d win the game 15:0. But they l ost. 49．This actually fired them up, giving them the courage to charge at their professional opponents, who were l eft dumb.Great football managers never underestimate the opposition and neither shoul d you. If you’re feeling anxious going into the exams, that’s a good sign, not a bad one. 50．A．The history of sport bears this out.B．Pessimism is often seen as a negative trait in sports.C．The fishermen had zero expectation of winning, and they had nothing to l ose. D．Actually, it’s OK to feel pessimistic going into a big exam or other difficult situations.E.The more you know about a subject, the l ess likely you are to over-estimate your ability.F.So, just believe the confid ence for success comes from accepting the possibility of failure.G.Pessimism can drive someone to make full use of their stress to help them become optimistic.Who shoul d you be friends with?For International students, if you are going to the USA for the next four years, acad emics (学术水平) should not be the only thing you think about. To quote(引述) Hamlet: “To be, or not to be (surrounded by people from your home country): that is the question.To BEInstant friendshipThere is nothing like the instant connection with friends from your country while abroad.You d on’t have to explain cultural references, and that makes everything easier. 51．Why woul d you come to a compl etely different country if you are going to just hang out with the exact same people?Sense of communityIn some universities, if you have friends from your country, you can organise events to celebrate some of your country’s festivities. 52．NOT TO BEYou’re learning EnglishOne of the main reasons to study abroad is to l earn a language through complete immersion(沉浸). 53．Learning from different culturesLearning from different cultures will give you a new way of seeing the world. 54．No matter where they come from, students have similar questions and d oubts, so you won’t be alone.55．Who should you be friends with? What will make you grow, and what will make you the happiest? You decide.A．Surrounding yourself with the people from home can limit that experience.B．But be careful not to make them your only friends.C．You should be surround ed by people from your home country.D．In the end, it really is up to you.E.With more people from your country, it becomes a support network as a community.F.You miss the food, the music or your family.G.You will be surprised to find how similar different cultures can be.Personal Development is not just a simpl e personality improvement plan, but also a process to improve your life. The outcome of this helps you fight all those challenges to d eal with any of the uncontrollable aspects of your personality. This is a process that helps build the base to handle any of the off-track situations. 56．.Develop positive attitude: 57．. This helps you behave and maintain your personality traits (特性) to a normal level，even in the extreme conditions. This makes a very useful ingredient towards buil ding the positive attitude in life.Communicate effectively: Our personality is basically identified on the basis of the type of communication we are able to perform. A person is shy if he/ she lacks an easy open communication. 58．. Thus, a personal development plan helps improve on the communication grounds as well.59．: When one is confident about oneself, the confid ence is well reflected in whatever we d o. A finely created Personal Development Program is a booster dose to this self-confidence, thereby adding a greater value to inner strength.Bring out your hidd en talents: Personal Growth and Development programs are d esigned in such forms to bring out the hid den yet beneficial personality characteristics within every person. This helps in moving ahead in life and attaining the expected goals easily.Thus, Personal Devel opment can help extract the vital traits out of a personality and ad d value to other need ed traits. 60．.A．Raise your self-respectB．Devel op inner strength and confidenceC．But a confident person is able to fight for his\ her dreamD．A positive personality helps and motivates your inner selfE.Here are the reasons why personal devel opment is importantF.However, an outgoing person has the ability to communicate openlyG.This will also add to your personality and help to move ahead in lifeHumans have littl e difficulty recognizing one another. And we know that no two faces are exactly alike. Even identical twins have slightly different faces. Each human face is trulyunique. Usually we judge a person from his personal facial features. 61．Governments, empl oyers and security and police services are increasingly using facial recognition technol ogy. 62．Systems are becoming so advanced that a wanted criminal can instantly be picked out of a cr owd of thousands of people. All that’s required is an image in a database to compare with the image of any number of people in a crowd. Ordinary people, too, are using facial recognition to unlock their phones, their computers and other devices.63．It is convenient, easy to operate and it also relieves us of the need to memorize passwords. However, a device will require a password in the rare event that it doesn’t, for whatever reason, recognize the user’s face.There are numerous concerns about the use of facial recognition. 64．The installation of more and more cameras in public and private places is now part of everyday life. This means people can be observed and recognized wherever they go. Cameras may make public spaces safer, but keeping law-abiding(守法的) citizens under constant watch is disturbing too many.In the age of the coronavirus and the wid espread wearing of masks, facial recognition systems are having some difficulty. A mask covers many of the facial data points used by recognition software to confirm a person’s id entity. 65．That could affect how d ependable it is.A．The major concern is that it threatens privacy.B．The cameras may need to be replaced frequently.C．This all ows them to quickly confirm an individual’s identity.D．Personal facial recognition protection has strengths and weaknesses.E.In response, facial recognition systems are being trained to use less facial data.F.And now we’ve invented machines used to recognize faces for different purposes.G.In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion.Your education is very important. 66．By working on making a good impression each day, you can enjoy a positive relationship with your teacher.Greet your teacher with a smile. Your teacher likely arrives to work very early each day, perhaps ever before the sun has risen. 67．Greeting your teacher with a smile and warmregards every morning is a great way to promote your relationship and to improve their day.68．Another way to establish a good relationship with your teacher is by being punctual (准时的) to class all the time, always arriving before the bell rings. This will all ow your teacher to see you as a reliable person who is respectful of their time.Never argue with your teacher. Though you may see some of your classmates being disrespectful (不尊敬的) to your teacher, try very hard not to become one of these people. Your teacher has been hired to guid e your education and to help you learn important knowledge that will be useful to you in life. Respect this and d o not argue with them. 69．Foll ow instructions. Your teacher likely has a set of rul es that you must obey in class in addition to the regular school rules. 70．If your teacher feels that you keep yourself out of trouble, they will view you more positively and your relationship will strengthen.A．Come to class on time.B．Apologize for past mistakes.C．Be sure to make a note of these rules and to keep them.D．Every day, they have to work with lots of different students.E.So it is important to buil d a good relationship with your teacher.F.However, d o ask questions if you are confused about something.G.Anything you need to say to a friend can be said after class or during a break.Here are some methods that can effectively help you learn.Don't expect to learn much by just watching, listening or reading. Instead, try to build your own story. For exampl e, you can be driven to a store 20 times and still not know the road. 71．.Go over a piece of information repeatedly. Most of the information we absorb in a typical day is not only forgettable. 72．. Do you really want to remember forever what all the strangers you passed today on the sid ewalk were wearing? So how does your brain know whether something should be put into your l ong-term memory or not? Repeat it over a period of time!73．. If you try to go over it too late, the original memory will be nowhere to be found. Butif you wait only a few minutes to review it, it's too quick for you to signal your brain to put it into long-term memory.74．. Flashcards, whether they're physical or virtual, are a great way to do memory practice because they help space out attempts to remember, and you can come back to them easily periodically(周期性地).But you have to foll ow certain rules in order to make better use of the flashcards. The No.1 rule is that you need to guess the answer before l ooking at the card. Even if you think it is hopeless for you to remember, try.75．.Wait l ong enough between practice sessions. You have to make it a struggle to remember.A．Actually, it should be quickly forgottenB．The second rule is that you need to make it hardC．Used in the right way, flashcards can be of great helpD．Therefore, repetition is very important for l ong-term memoryE.But once or twice you try to drive there and you'll know the road by heartF.Burning an idea into memory by going over it again and again in a single sessionG.The key for repetition is that you can neither wait too long nor try to review it too fastUseful Memory StrategiesForm associations between new and remembered information. If you can link new ideas with previously established ones, then you can increase the chance that new memories will be formed. Try coming up with a familiar picture, song, joke, or rhyme that you can associate with the new material. 76．Repeat new facts as soon as you come across them. It may be boring, but simply repeating new information over and over in different ways will help it stick in your brain better, especially if you space out the repetition over time.77．Then speak the d efinition out loud a coupl e times, and try writing it down once or twice.Teach someone else the information you’re trying to learn. 78．Find a classmate orco-worker who needs to l earn the same information, form a study group, and take turns teaching each other different concepts. Alternately, ask your friends if they’re willing to learn。
