高考英语压轴专题《高中英语阅读理解》难题汇编百度文库

一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解A typical child plays many roles, such as friend, neighbor, son or daughter. Simply reminding children of that fact can lead to better problem-solving and more flexible thinking, according to new research from Duke University.Better problem-solving was just one positive finding of the study, said lead author Sarah Gaither, an assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke. After thinking about their own various identities, children also showed more flexible thinking about race and other social groupings—a behavior that could be valuable in an increasingly diverse society.In a series of experiments, Gaither and her colleagues looked at 196 children, ages 6 and 7. In an experiment, one group of children was reminded that they had various identities, such as son, daughter, reader or helper. A second group of children was reminded of their multiple physical attributes, such as a mouth, arms and legs. All the children then needed to handle a few tasksChildren who were reminded of their various identities showed stronger problem-solving and creative thinking skills. When shown pictures of a bear staring at honey-filled beehive(蜂窝)high up in a tree, these children had more creative ideas for how the bear might get the honey, such as turning over a bowl so that it became a stool(凳子). In other words, they saw a new use for the bowl. Children who were reminded of their multiple roles also showed more flexible thinking about social groupings. When asked to categorize different photos of faces, they suggested many ways to Spso. They identified smiling faces such as unsmiling ones, and old and young faces. The other children, meanwhile, primarily grouped people's faces by race and gender(性别).The-study suggests ways to promote flexible thinking for the young, which could be especially valuable for teachers." Gaither said."We have this tendency in our society to only think about ourselves in connection with one important group at a time," Gaither said. "When kids think that they have various identities, they show greater abilities."（1）What are all the kids asked to do in the experiments?A.Play different kinds of roles.B.Remind others of their roles.C.Approach several tasks.D.Classify a group of tasks.（2）How does the author mainly clarify the conclusions of the study in paragraph 4?A.By giving examples.B.By using experts' words.C.By listing a few figures.D.By showing cause and effect.（3）What can we learn from Sarah Gaither's words?A.Improving 5 kids flexible thinking ability is important teaching.B.Kids tend to behave selflessly after thinking about their roles.C.Kids' creative thinking ability is easy to discover and develop.D.Teachers are supposed to make the most of the kids' flexibility.（4）What is the best title for the text?A.Kids' Social Abilities Are Consistent with. Their Education.B.Considering Their Various Roles Improves Kids' Abilities.C.Kids Have a Variety of Identities in Their Daily Life.D.Problem-solving Ability Is Necessary for Most Kids.【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）A（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了让孩子知道自己有不同的角色可以提高孩子解决问题的能力和创造性思维能力。

高中英语阅读理解高难度单项选择题50题1. In the story of Einstein, it is mentioned that he was a genius in physics. But what made him stand out from other scientists was his ______.A. creativityB. curiosityC. determinationD. patience答案：A。

本题考查名词词义辨析。

创造力（creativity）是爱因斯坦区别于其他科学家的重要特质。

选项B“好奇心 curiosity）”是科学家普遍具有的品质，并非使爱因斯坦特别突出的因素；选项C“决心（determination）”在描述爱因斯坦时并非最关键的特质；选项D“耐心（patience）”也不是他最显著的特点。

阅读时需理解文段对爱因斯坦特质的描述。

2. The biography of Marie Curie shows her great contribution to science. Her discovery of radium was a result of her ______.A. luckB. intelligenceC. hard workD. chance答案：C。

本题考查名词的理解。

玛丽·居里发现镭是她努力工作hard work）的结果。

选项A“运气（luck）”不是主要原因；选项B“智慧（intelligence）”虽重要，但努力是关键；选项D“机会（chance）”不是决定性因素。

阅读时要抓住人物成就背后的关键因素。

3. When reading about Thomas Edison's life, we can know that he never gave up easily. This spirit can be described as ______.A. optimisticB. pessimisticC. persistentD. indifferent答案：C。

一、高中英语阅读理解1．（2019•浙江）阅读理解California has lost half its big trees since the 1930s, according to a study to be published Tuesday and climate change seems to be a major factor（因素）.The number of trees larger than two feet across has declined by 50 percent on more than 46, 000 square miles of California forests, the new study finds. No area was spared or unaffected, from the foggy northern coast to the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the San Gabriels above Los Angeles. In the Sierra high country, the number of big trees has fallen by more than 55 percent; in parts of southern California the decline was nearly 75 percent.Many factors contributed to the decline, said Patrick Mclntyre, an ecologist who was the lead author of the study. Woodcutters targeted big trees. Housing development pushed into the woods. Aggressive wildfire control has left California forests crowded with small trees that compete with big trees for resources（资源）.But in comparing a study of California forests done in the 1920s and 1930s with another one between 2001 and 2010, Mclntyre and his colleagues documented a widespread death of big trees that was evident even in wildlands protected from woodcutting or development.The loss of big trees was greatest in areas where trees had suffered the greatest water shortage. The researchers figured out water stress with a computer model that calculated how much water trees were getting in comparison with how much they needed, taking into account such things as rainfall, air temperature, dampness of soil, and the timing of snowmelt（融雪）.Since the 1930s, Mclntyre said, the biggest factors driving up water stress in the state have been rising temperatures, which cause trees to lose more water to the air, and earlier snowmelt, which reduces the water supply available to trees during the dry season.（1）What is the second paragraph mainly about?A. The seriousness of big-tree loss in California.B. The increasing variety of California big trees.C. The distribution of big trees in California forests.D. The influence of farming on big trees in California.（2）Which of the following is well-intentioned but may be bad for big trees?A. Ecological studies of forests.B. Banning woodcutting.C. Limiting housing development.D. Fire control measures.（3）What is a major cause of the water shortage according to Mclntyre?A. Inadequate snowmelt.B. A longer dry season.C. A warmer climate.D. Dampness of the air.（4）What can be a suitable title for the text?A. California's Forests: Where Have All the Big Trees Gone?B. Cutting of Big Trees to Be Prohibited in California Soon.C. Why Are the Big Trees Important to California Forests?D. Patrick Mclntyre: Grow More Big Trees in California【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）C（4）A【解析】【分析】本文属于议论文，围绕加利福尼亚的大树从20世纪30年代以来大量减少为主题，探讨出现这一现象的原因。

（英语）高考英语阅读理解专项训练及答案及解析一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读下列短文，从短文后每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A new technology is going to ripe, one that could transform our daily lives, help to form new industries, even remove world economic powers from their present positions. Unlike the wave of industrialization that began in the West and spread later to the rest of the world, the new developments are taking place in research labs all over the globe—and Asians are in the forefront. Physicists are creating a new class of materials that display an amazing property unforeseen even two years ago—superconductivity (超导体技术).Used today only in specialized equipment, super conductors have the potential to radically change most of the electrical and electronic appliances found in the home, making them smaller, more powerful and efficient. They could free our cities of pollution by replacing petrol and diesel (柴油) vehicles with electric cars, and cut the cost of electricity. The new materials do something that even the best of conductors such as copper and silver cannot—they do away with all electrical resistance. The significances for energy storage are great.The technology is in its early stage, still accessible to countries that decide to invest brains and money. For 75 years it had remained little more than a scientific curiosity with limited practical use because the phenomenon occurred only at extremely low temperatures. It was first observed in 1911 by a Dutch scientist named Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, who cooled mercury (水银) to temperatures below -269℃ with liquid helium (氦). Then in January last year, two IBM scientists, K. Alex Muller and J. George Bednorz, found a metal oxide ceramic (氧化陶瓷) that superconducted at -243℃. Their report went largely unnoticed until last December, when it was confirmed at a scientific meeting in Boston. Today Japan, India, China and other Asian countries all have their share of experts who spend their days and nights in labs, acting as midwives (助产士) to a new technology.（1）As is indicated in the passage, the technology of superconductivity ____________. A. has already been developed B. is still under developmentC. will be used only in specialized equipmentD. will be used in daily lives in a few years（2）The new technology differs from the others in that ____________.A. it began in the East and spread later to the rest of the worldB. it began in the West and spread later to the rest of the worldC. it is being cultivated in research labs around the worldD. it is accessible to physicists who are intelligent and rich（3）From the passage, we may conclude that ____________.A. Asian scientists gain the lead in the growth of the new technologyB. Dutch scientists kept reporting new findings for the last 75 yearsC. IBM scientists' report receive immediate attention all over the worldD. the West was astonished at the new technology developed by the Asians（4）Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. The Prospect of a New TechnologyB. Superconductivity: A New TechnologyC. A New Technology: The Key to Change the Way of Our LivesD. A New Technology: A Joint Effort of Many Countries【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）A（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了超导体技术的发展潜能和发展状况。

高中英语阅读理解高难度单项选择题50题1. In the classic novel, the word "obscure" was used to describe the situation, but its meaning is closest to:A. clearB. confusingC. simpleD. obvious答案：B。

本题考查词汇理解。

“obscure”意为“模糊的，费解的”，A 选项“clear”表示“清晰的”；C 选项“simple”表示“简单的”；D 选项“obvious”表示“明显的”，都与“obscure”意思不同，B 选项“confusing”表示“令人困惑的”，与“obscure”意思相近。

2. When the character mentioned "perplexity" in the story, it refers to:A. happinessB. sadnessC. confusionD. anger答案：C。

“perplexity”意为“困惑，迷惘”，A 选项“happiness”是“幸福”；B 选项“sadness”是“悲伤”；D 选项“anger”是“愤怒”，都不符合“perplexity”的意思，C 选项“confusion”意思是“混乱，困惑”，与“perplexity”意思相近。

3. The phrase "elusive concept" in the classic work means:A. easy to understandB. difficult to catch or defineC. common and familiarD. simple and clear答案：B。

“elusive”有“难以捉摸的，难以理解的”之意，“elusive concept”指“难以捉摸的概念”，A 选项“easy to understand”表示“容易理解”；C 选项“common and familiar”表示“常见且熟悉”；D 选项“simple and clear”表示“简单清晰”，都不符合“elusive concept”的意思，B 选项“difficult to catch or define”意思是“难以抓住或定义”，符合题意。

一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解Huawei Technologies Co. displayed its much-anticipated in-house operating system Harmony OS on Friday, marking what some call the Chinese tech giant's biggest push yet to build its own software ecosystem for the era of the internet of things.The move is also expected to weaken the influence of the United States government's restrictions on Huawei using Google's Android operating system in smartphones, analysts said.Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei's consumer business group, speaking in Dongguan, Guangdong province, said it is difficult to deliver a smooth experience across different devices with the huge amount of codes involved in the Android and Linux operating systems. Linux is an open-source operating system widely used in personal computers and other hardware."Harmony is a next-generation operating system designed to address the challenge," Yu said, adding that it will be able to support a wide range of application situations, including smart TVs, automobiles and wearables.The internet of things refers to a network of devices and other objects that can connect with each other and exchange data.Yu said the US government's restrictions have accelerated the company's marketing of the system, which now has about 4,000 employees working on it.The senior executive said Harmony can be used in its smartphones. But Android is still Huawei's preferred choice for handsets if the company is allowed to use it."But when Android is not available, Harmony can be applied immediately to smartphones. Harmony is ready," Yu added.Jia Mo, an analyst at market research company Canalys, said even if Huawei does not use Harmony in its smartphones in the short term, its smartwatches and smart TVs can be equipped with Harmony to widen its use and accumulate more experience in building an ecosystem."Also, more importantly, Huawei chose to build Harmony into an open-source operating system and allow it to be compatible with Android. Thus Harmony will be more accepted by current Android users. This will prevent Huawei from repeating the fate of Microsoft in promoting smartphone systems," Jia said. Microsoft failed to popularize the use of its Windows system in smartphones years ago.（1）What is the significance of the Harmony OS?A. It symbolizes Huawei has finished its own software ecosystem.B. It may reduce the threat from US government's restrictions.C. It will accumulate more experience in building an ecosystem.D. It successfully borrows from Microsoft's Windows system.（2）Which of the following may take the place of the underlined word "compatible" in the last paragraph?A. Used harmoniously.B. Operated quickly.C. Resisted fiercely.D. Monitored closely.（3）Where may we find this article?A. Fashion magazines.B. TV interviews.C. Historic documents.D. News websites.【答案】（1）B（2）A（3）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新闻报道，介绍了华为的鸿蒙系统的发布。

高三英语阅读理解难题解析单选题20题1. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The history of a city.B. The benefits of traveling.C. The importance of education.D. The development of technology.答案：A。

本文主要讲述了一个城市的发展历程，包括其历史、文化和经济等方面。

选项B“旅行的好处”在文中未提及；选项C“教育的重要性”并非文章重点；选项D“技术的发展”也不是文章的主要内容。

2. The passage is mainly about _____.A. different cultures around the worldB. a famous person's life storyC. the beauty of natureD. a new scientific discovery答案：B。

文章主要讲述了一位名人的生平事迹，包括他的成长经历、成就和贡献等。

选项A“世界各地的不同文化”在文中没有体现；选项C“自然之美”与文章内容不符；选项D“一项新的科学发现”不是文章的主题。

3. What is the main purpose of the text?A. To persuade people to protect the environment.B. To introduce a new product.C. To discuss a social issue.D. To tell an interesting story.答案：C。

文本主要讨论了一个社会问题，分析了其原因和影响，并提出了一些解决方案。

选项A“说服人们保护环境”不是文章的主要目的；选项B“介绍一种新产品”在文中未出现；选项D“讲一个有趣的故事”不符合文章的主旨。

高考英语高难度阅读理解15篇1.Almost every day we come across situations in which we have to make decisions one way or another. Choice, we are given to believe, is a right. But for a good many people in the world. In rich and poor countries, choice is a luxury, something wonderful but hard to get, not a right. And for those who think they are exercising their right to make choices, the whole system is merely an illusion, a false idea created by companies and advertiser, hoping to sell their products.The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in people’s lives. Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple. Easy access to a wide range of everyday goods leads to a sense of powerlessness in many people, ending in the shopper giving up and walking away, or just buying an unsuitable item(商品) that is not really wanted. Recent studies in England have shown that many electrical goods bought in almost every family are not really needed. More difficult decision-making is then either avoided or trusted into the hands of the professionals, lifestyle instructors, or advisors.It is not just the availability of the goods that is the problem, but the speed with which new types of products come on the market. Advances in design and production help quicken the process Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time. The typical example is computers, which are almost out-of-date once they are bought. This indeed makes selection a problem. Gone are the days when one could just walk with case into a shop and buy one thing; no choice, no anxiety.72. What does the author try to argue in Paragraph 1?A. The exercise of rights is a luxury.B. The practice of choice is difficult.C. The right of choice is given but at a price.D. Choice and right exist at the same time.73. Why do more choices of goods give rise to anxiety?A. Professionals find it hard to decide on a suitable product.B. People are likely to find themselves overcome by business persuasion.C. Shoppers may find themselves lost in the broad range of items.D. Companies and advertisers are often misleading about the rage of choice.74. By using computers as an example, the author wants to prove that .A. advanced products meet the needs of peopleB. products of the latest design fold the marketC. competitions are fierce in high-tech industryD. everyday goods need to be replaced often75. What is this passage mainly about?A. The variety of choices in modern society.B. The op inions on people’s right in different countriesC. The Problems about the availability of everyday goods.D. The helplessness in purchasing decisions2.I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt(被子)after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”I spread the quilt. It looked at if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This certainly didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is what I’ve done so far.”I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched(缝) a piece of cloth with these words: “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines st raight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”“Ooh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.56. Why did the author go to mother’s home?A. To see her mother’s quilts.B. To help prepare for a show.C. To get together for the family dinner.D. To discuss her grandmother’s life.57. The author was surprised because .A. the quilt looked very strange.B. her grandmother liked the quilt.C. the quilt was the best she had seen.D. her mother had made some changes58. The underlined wood “crooked” in the passage most probably means .A. unfinishedB. brokenC. bentD. unusual59. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. A Quilt ShowB. Mother’s HomeC. A Monday DinnerD. Grandmother’s Quilt3. While all my classmates seen to be crazy about a one-way ticket to Mars(火星), I’d rather say Mars is totally unsuitab le for human existence. People won’t have enough food supplies there, and the terrible environment would make it impossible for them to live a long life. Besides, the journey won’t be safe. Can anybody explain to me just why people would go to Mars, never to return?Steve Minear, UKHere are the things you can think of: the desire to explore a foreign and unique environment, the excitement of being the first humans to open up a new world, the expectation of fame and glory…For scientists there is another rea son. Their observations and research will probably lead to great scientific achievements.Donal Trollop, CanadaThere are already too many people on the Earth. I think that sometime before the end of the century, there will be a human colony(殖民地)on Mars. It will happen when people finally realize that tow-way trips to the red planet Mars are unnecessary. Most of the danger of space Flight is in the launches(发射) and landings. Cutting the trip home would therefore reduce the danger of accidents, save a lot of money, and open the way to building an everlasting human settlement on another world.Enough supplies can be sent on ahead. And every two years more supplies and more people will needs, and Mars is far more pleasant than the other planets in the outer space.Paul Davies. USA60. The main purpose of Steve Minear’s writing is .A. to report his classmates’ discussionB. to invite an answer to his questionC. to explain the natural state of MarsD. to show his agreement on going to Mars61. Wh ich of the following best states Donal Trollop’s idea?A. There is a plan to send humans to Mars.B. There are many reasons for going to Mars.C. Scientists become famous by doing research on Mars.D. It is possible to build an Earth-like environment on Mars.62. Paul Davies points out that .A. humans need only a one-way ticket to Mars.B. two-way trips to Mars will be made safe soonC. it is easy to reduce the danger and cost of flights to MarsD. it is cheap to build an everlasting human settlement on Mars63. What does Paul Davies think of human existence on Mars?A. Humans will have to bring all they need from the Earth.B. Humans will find Mars totally unsuitable for living.C. Humans can produce everything they need.D. Humans can live longer in the colony on Mars.4.Celebrity(名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about s specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption（消费）on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own.Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. T oday they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.However, for every success story, there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter haw famous the product’s origins is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial（最初的）attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty (忠诚) returning to tried-and-true labels.Today, celebrities face ever more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego’s （自我的）potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion-like celebrity – has always been temporary.69. Fashion magazines today ________.A. seldom put models on the coverB. no longer put models on the coverC. need not worry about celebrities’ market potentialD. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly70. A change in the consumer market can be found today that _______.A. price rather than brand name is more concernedB. producers prefer models to celebrities for achievementsC. producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisementsD. quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned71. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly ______.A. decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his productsB. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general publicC. cut short the artistic careen of a celebrity in show businessD. influence the price of a celebrity’s products72. The passage is mainly about _______.A. celebrity and personal styleB. celebrity and market potentialC. celebrity and fashion designD. celebrity and clothing industry5.We can achieve knowledge either actively or passively（被动地）. We achieve it actively by direct experience, by testing and proving an idea, or by reasoning.We achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone else. Most of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV or read newspapers ormagazines is passive. Conditioned as we are to passive learning, it’s not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday communication with friends and co-workers.Unfortunately, passive learning has a serious problem. It makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay and rumor(谣言).Did you ever play the game Rumor? It begins when one person writes down a message but doesn’t show it to anyone. Then the person whispers it, word for word, to another person. That person, in turn, whispers it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game. The last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it. Then the two written statements are compared. Typically, the original message has changed.That’s what happens in daily life. The simple fact that people repeat a story in their own words changes the story. Then, too, most people listen imperfectly. And many enjoy adding their own creative touch to a story, trying to improve on it, stamping（打上标记）it with their own personal style. Yet those who hear it think they know.This process is also found among scholars and authors: A statement of opinion by one writer may be re-stated as fact by another, who may in turn be quoted by yet another; and this process may continue, unless it occurs to someone to question the facts on which the original writer based his opinion or to challenge the interpretation he placed upon those facts.48. According to the passage, passive learning may occur in _______.A. doing a medical experimentB. solving a math problemC. visiting an exhibitionD. doing scientific reasoning49. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to _____.A. active learningB. knowledgeC. communicationD. passive learning50. The author mentions the game Rumor to show that _____.A. a message may be changed when being passed onB. a message should be delivered in different waysC. people may have problems with their sense of hearingD. people tend not to believe in what they know as rumor51. What can we infer from the passage?A. Active learning is less important.B. Passive learning may not be reliable.C. Active learning occurs more frequently.D. Passive learning is not found among scholars.6. The literal meaning of philosophy is “love of wisdom”. But this meaning does not tell us very much. Unlike the other disciplines（学科）, philosophy cannot e defined by what you study ,because it is actually unlimited. Anything can be the subject matter of philosophy: are, history, law, language, literature, mathematics, and in fact, the other academic disciplines are directly related to philosophy. For this reason you get a Doctorate（博士学位）of Philosophy (Ph. D.) in biochemistry, or computer science, or psychology.Two broad sub-fields of philosophy are logic and the history of philosophy. Logic is the science of argument and eritical thinking. It provides sound methods for distinguishing good from bad reasoning .The history of philosophy involves the study of major philosophers and persuade in the development of philosophy.Of what use is philosophy? First it is useful in educational advancement. It is necessary for understanding other disciplines. Only philosophy questions the nature of the concepts used in a discipline, and its relating to other discomposes. And thought the study of philosophy, one develops sound methods of research and analysis that can be applied to any field.There are a number of general uses of philosophy. It strengthens one’s ability to solve problems, to communicate, to organize ideas and issues, to persuade, and to take what is the most important form a large quality of data. These general uses are of great benefit in the career field, not necessarily for obtaining one’s first job after graduation, but for preparing for positions of responsibility, management and leadership later on. It is very short site after all, to take a course of studies only for the purpose of getting one’s first job. The useful skills developed thought the study of philosophy have significant long-term benefits in career advancement. No other discipline systematically follows the ideals of wisdom, leadership, and capacity to resolve human conflict.72. Accprdomg to Paragraph 1. Philosophy can best be described as the study of .A. social sciencesB. natural sciencesC. both social and natural sciencesD. the subject matter of politics73. With the study of philosophy, you can .A. become a great leaderB. succeed in everythingC. find a good job soon after graduationD. make progress in your career development74. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Philosophy is an independent discipline.B. Logic helps you to become a better thinker.C. The study of philosophy brings you immediate benefits.D. The meaning of philosophy is too limited to define.75.From the passage, we can concludeA. not all the subjects have to do with philosophyB. a person will get a Ph. D. if he/she studies philosophyC. philosophy can be helpful for the study of any other subjectsD. philosophy is the only solution to all the problems the world7.Many animals recognize their food because they see it. So do humans. When you see an apple or a piece of chocolate you know that these are things you can eat. You can also use other senses when you choose your food. You may like it because it smells good or because it tastes good. You may dislike some types of food because they do not look, smell or taste very nice. Different animals use different senses to find and choose their food. A few animals depend on only one of their senses, while most animals use more than one sense.Although there are many different types of food, some animals spend their lives eating only one type. The giant panda（大熊猫）eats only one particular type of bamboo（竹子）. Other animals eat only one type of food even when given the choice. A kind of white butterfly（蝴蝶）will stay on the leaves of a cabbage, even though there are plenty of other vegetables in the garden. However, most animals have a more varied diet（多样化饮食）. The bear eats fruits and fish. The fox eats small animals, birds and fruits. The diet of these animals will be different depending on the season. Humans have a very varied diet. We often eat food because we like it and not because it is good for us. In countries such as France and Britain, people eat foods with too much sugar. This makes them overweight, which is bad for their health. Eating too much red meat and animal products, such as butter, can also be bad for the health. Choosing the right food, therefore, has become an area of study in modern life.60. We can infer from the text that humans and animals _________.A. depend on one sense in choosing foodB. are not satisfied with their foodC. choose food in similar waysD. eat entirely different food61. Which of the following eats only one type of food?A. The white butterfly.B. The small bird.C. The bear.D. The fox.62. Certain animals change their choice of food when ___________.A. the season changesB. the food color changesC. they move to different placesD. they are attracted by different smells63. We can learn from the last paragraph that __________.A. food is chosen for a good reasonB. French and British food is goodC. some people have few choices of foodD. some people care little about healthy diet8.The flag, the most common symbol（象征）of a nation in the modern world, is also one of the most ancient. With a clear symbolic meaning. the flag in the traditional form is still used today to mark buildings, ships and other vehicles related to a country.The national flag as we know it today is in no way a primitive（原始的）artifact. It is , rather, the product of thousands of years’ development. Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction.Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers. People’s food supplies were similarly vulnerable. Even after they had learned how to plant grains, they still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests. Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from another.Using a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connectionof the flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable. Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems(图腾) before carrying them into battle. They believed that the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and ancestors represented by the totems themselves.These flags developed very slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked: The king of China around 1000 B.C. was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him. This practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but it was from China that it spread over trade routs through India, then across Arab lands, and finally to Europe, where it met up with the other ancestor of the national flag.71．The best title for the passage would be .A．Development of the National Flag.B．Power of the National Flag.C．Types of FlagsD．Uses of Flags72．The underlined word “vulnerable” in Paragraph 3 means .A．impossible to make sure ofB．likely to be protectedC．easy to damageD．difficult to find73．The earliest flags were connected with heavenly power because .A．they could tell wind directionB．they could bring good luck to fightersC．they were handed down by the ancestorsD．they were believed to stand for natural forces74．What does the author know of the first national flag?A．He knows when it was sent to Europe.B．He believes it was made in Egypt.C．He thinks it came from China.D．He doubts where it started.75．What will the author most probably talk about next?A．The role of China in the spread of the national flag.B．The second ancestor of the national flagC．The use of modern flags in Europe.D．The importance of modern flags.9.PITTSBURGH –For most people, snakes seem unpleasant or even threatening. But Howie Choset sees in their delicate movements a way to save lives.The 37-year-old Carnegie Mellon University professor has spent years developing snake-like robots he hopes will eventually slide through fallen buildings in search of victims trapped after natural disasters or other emergencies.Dan Kara is president of Robotics Trends, a Northboro, Mass.-based company that publishes an online industry magazine and runs robotics trade shows. He said there are other snake-like robots being developed, mainly at universiti es, but didn’t know of one that could climb pipes.The Carnegie Mellon machines are designed to carry cameras and electronic sensors and can be controlled with a joystick(操纵杆). They move smoothly with the help of small electric motors, or servos, commonly used by hobbyists in model airplanes.Built from lightweight materials, the robots are about the size of a human arm or smaller. They can sense which way is up, but are only as good as their human operators, Choset added.Sam Stover, a search term manager with the Federal Emergency Management Agency based in Indiana, said snake-type robots would offer greater mobility than equipment currently available, such as cameras attached to extendable roles.“It just allows us to do something we’ve been able to do before,” Stover said, “We needed them yesterday.”He said sniffer dogs are still the best search tool for rescue workers, but that they can only be used effectively when workers have access to damaged building.Stover, among the rescue workers who handled the aftermath (后果) of Hurricane Katrina, said snake robots would have helped rescuers search flooded houses in that disaster.Choset said the robots may not be ready for use for another five to ten years, depending on funding.72. Which institution is respon sible for the development of Choset’s robots?A. Robotics Trends.B. Pittsburgh City Council.C. Carnegie Mellon University.D. Federal Emergency Management Agency.73. Choset believes that his invention ______.A. can be attached to an electronic armB. can be used by hobbyists in model airplanesC. can find victims more quickly than a sniffer dogD. can sense its way no better than its operators74. By saying “We needed them yesterday” (paragraph 7), Stover means that snake-like robots _____.A. could help handle the aftermath of Hurricane KatrinaB. would have been put to use in past rescue workC. helped rescuers search flooded houses yesterdayD. were in greater need yesterday than today75. What is the text mainly about?A. Snake-like robots used in industries.B. Snake-like robots made to aid in rescues.C. The development of snake-like robots.D. The working principles of snake-like robots.10.Attitude is an internal(内在的) state that influences the choices of personal action made by the individual(个人). Some researchers consider that attitudes come from differences between beliefs and ideas: others believe that attitudes come from emotional states. Here, we focus on the effects of attitudes upon behavior, that is, upon the choices of action made by the individual.The kinds of actions taken by human beings are obviously influenced greatly by attitudes. Whether one listens to classical music or rock, whether one obeys the speed limit while driving, whether one encourages one’s husband or wife to express his or her own ideas－all are influenced by attitudes. These internal states are acquired(获得) throughout life from situations one is faced with in the home, in the streets, and in the school.Of course, the course of action chosen by an individual in any situation will be largely determined by the particulars of that situation. An individual who has a strong attitude of obeying laws may drive too fast when he is in a hurry and no police cars in sight. A child who has a strong attitude of honesty may steal a penny when she thinks no one will notice. But the internal state which remains unchanged over a period of time, and which makes the individual behave regularly in a variety of situations, is what is meant by an attitude.Attitudes are learned in a variety of ways. They can result from single incidents, as when an attitude toward snakes is acquired by an experience in childhood at the sudden movement of a snake. They can resu lt from the individual’s experiences of success and pleasure, as when someone acquires a positive attitude toward doing crossword puzzles by being able to complete some of them, And frequently, they are learned by copying other people’s able to complete so me of them, And frequently, they are learned by copying other people’s behavior, as when a child learns how to behave toward foreigners by observing the actions of his parents. Regardless of these differences, there is something in common in the learning and modification(修正) of attitudes. 52．According to the passage, attitudes __________.A．come from different situations in one’s lifeB．are largely affected by one’s behaviorC．remain unchanged in one’s daily lifeD．could be chosen according to one’s will53．The author uses the examples in Paragraph 3 to show ______.A．people often make mistakes when they are not noticedB．people with good attitudes may sometimes do bad deedsC．particulars of a si tuation may influence an individual’s actionD．an individual may change his or her attitude fairly easily54．Which of the following is TURE about the learning of attitudes?A．Attitudes are only learned through one’s success.B．Attitudes learned in danger will last longer.C．Copying others’ behavior is not a good idea.D．Attitudes can be learned from one’s parents.55．What would be the best title for the passage?A．Differences of Attitudes.B．Nature of Attitude.C．Choices of Attitudes.D．Modification of Attitude.11. Susan Sontag (1933 -- 2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything -- to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American cultural life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.Seriousness was one of Sontag's lifelong watchwords (格言), but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasures of pop culture. In "Notes on Camp", the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. "Notes on Camp", she wrote, represents "a victory of 'form' over 'content', 'beauty' over 'morals'".By conviction (信念) she was a sensualist (感觉论者), but by nature she was a moralist (伦理学者), and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s, it was the latter side of her that came。

高考英语高难度阅读理解15篇（含详解）（4）高考英语高难度阅读理解15篇（4）1.An increase in the number of suicides in South Korea, has led policeman Yoo Byoung-jong to a new job. He patrols(巡逻) Seoul’s bridges to stop desperate people from throwing themselves into the river.According to South Korea’s health ministry, suicide rates have doubled in a decade and are now the leading cause of death for people in their 20s and 30s.The country has the fourth-highest suicide rate among the 30 industrialized countries in the Organization for Co-operation and Development (OECD). It recorded 22.8 suicide deaths for every 100,000 people in 2003. That’s lower than Hungry, Finland and close neighbour Japan. But the number is growing by about 1 percent each year, faster than for all other OECD nations.In a move to cut suicides by a fifth by 2010, the health ministry is running a television ad campaign. It opens with a lonely man walking on a bridge. A voice over says: “Think five min utes more before you give it all away. Don’t forget you have a loving family.”Other ministry plans include setting up more hotlines and training more suicide counselors. Authorities are also limiting websites that provide suicide methods and sometimes even sell toxic(有毒的) chemicals.Distressed individuals range from students worried about poor grades to people in debt as well as disgraced politicians.Experts say the rising toll(死亡人数) in some way can be blamed on media coverage of recent high-profile suicides. These include top business leaders and celebrities(名人) who apparentlylead a number of people to copy their actions. “We saved 50 lives this year when people turned to bridges as a place to die after news reports of such deaths by ‘big shots’,” said t he 38-year-oldYoo, in December.Last July, the government and civil associations urged media to avoid reporting specific methods and locations of suicides. But it is difficult to clearly give reasons for the suicide increase.67. The passage is mainly about .A. suicide problems in KoreaB. how to reduce suicides in KoreaC. desperationD. the relations between life and suicide68. Suicide rates in South Korea .A. have done great harm to the economical developmentB. are going from bad to worseC. didn’t draw special attention of the governmentD. arouse international concerns69. It doesn’t say but implies that .A. present hotlines are not enough for suicide counsellorsB. people choose suicide as the way to end their lives because they are short of loveC. cutting suicides by a fifth by 2010 is easy to carry outD. authorities manage websites efficiently70. Lowering the number of reported suicide by celebrities in the media in Korea .A. will be limitedB. didn’t affect people’s daily lifeC. might cause fewer people to commit suicideD. damage the fame of media71. Yoo Byoung-jong’s new job to patrol Seoul’s bridgehas .A. made him suffer a lotB. prevented people from jumping into waterC. burdened himselfD. proved a good way to save lives2.The city of Venice，in Italy，is one of a kind．It is built on more than 120 islands，just off arrival．After explaining where my new house was，I told him that I had left the key under the doormat．Since I knew it would be quite late before I could get back，I suggested that be make himself at home and help himself to anything that was kept in the refrigerator（冰箱）．Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house．At the moment，he said，he was listening to some of my records after having had a nice meal．He had found the pan and meat in the refrigerator．Now，he was drinking a cup of tea and hoped that I would join him soon．When I asked him if he bad any difficulty finding the house，he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat，but luckily，the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the window．I listened to all thisin great surprise．There is no apple tree outside my window，but there is one by the living room window of my next-door neighbor’s house！46．When my friend arrived，I could not go to meet him because________．A．we were not good friends B．I was busy at workC．he had not told me that he would come D．I did not want to see him 47．A doormat is a mat______．A．used as a door B．for cleaning the bottom of shoesC. put up on a door as an ornament（装饰物）D．near a door under which people put their keys48．I listened to my friend’s phone call in great surprise because____．A．he had not waited for me to eat together B．he had eaten too much of the foodC．he mistook my neighbor’s house for mineD．he had left the house with the window open49．At last my friend______．A．did not enter my houseB．entered my house after he opened the doorC．entered my house by climbing through the windowD．entered my house with the help of my neighbor50．The writer left the key under the doormat so that______．A．nobody would find itB．he might not lose itC．his family could use the same keyD．his friend could easily get it3.The tree people in the Lord of the Rings—the Ents—can get around by walking. But for real trees, well, it's harder to uproot. "Because it's a sessile organism, literally, rooted into the ground, it is unable to leave and go elsewhere." Mario Pesendorfer, a behavioral ecologist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. "When a tree first startsgrowing in a certain area, it's likely that the climatic envelope, so the temperature, humidity, soil composition and so on suits it, because it would otherwise be unable to grow from a seedling. But as it ages, these conditions may change and the area around it may no longer be suitable for its offspring."And if that happens? Walnuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, oaks,pines—many rely exclusively on so-called "scatter-hoarders," like birds, to move their hefty seeds to new locales. "Many members of the family Corvidae—the crows, jays and magpies—are scatter-hoarders, meaning they like to store food for the winter, which they then subsequently retrieve."Or not. And when they do forget something, a seedling has a chance to grow, sometimes a good distance away. "The Clark's nutcracker, which is found in alpine regions of western North America, is definitely the rock star among the scatter-hoarding corvids. They hide up to 100,000 seeds per year, up to 30 kilometers away from the seed source, and have a very close symbiotic relationship with several pine species, most notably the whitebark pine.”Pesendorfer and his colleagues catalogue the seed-scattering activities of the Clark's nutcracker and its cousins in a new review paper, in the journal The Condor: Ornithological Applications. They also write that, as trees outgrow their ideal habitats in the face of climate change, or battle new insects and disease, these flying ecosystem engineers could be a big help replanting trees. It's a solution, Pesendorfer says, that's good for us—getting birds to do the work is cheap and effective— and it could give vulnerable oaks and pines the option to truly "make like a tree and leave."56. According to the article, what makes birds help trees move from one place toanother? ________.A. They want to make the environment better for survivalB. They want to change the trees into another kindC. They want to store the nuts for winter survivalD. They are forced to help trees to survive57. Which does the underlined word in the last paragraph mean? ________.A. growing in a better wayB. being forced to give upC .making changes to D. findinga mysterious way to survive58. What is the best title of this passage? ________.A. Birds may help trees cope with climate changeB. Birds rely on nuts to surviveC. Trees help fight air pollutionD. Birds make trees in danger4.One hundred years ago, "Colored" was the typical way of referring to Americans of African descent. Twenty years later, it was purposefully dropped to make way for "Negro." By the late 1960s, that term was overtaken by "Black." And then, at a press conference in Chicago in 1988, Jesse Jackson declared that "African American" was the term to welcome. This one was chosen because it echoed the labels of groups, such as "Italian Americans" and "Irish Americans," that had already been freed of widespread discrimination.A century's worth of calculated name changes point to the fact that naming any group is a politically freighted exercise. A 2001 study cataloged all the ways in which the term "Black" carried connotations (涵义) that were more negative than those of "African American."But if it was known that "Black" people were viewed differently from "African Americans," researchers, until now, hadn't identified what that gap in perception was derived from.A recent study, conducted by Emory University's Erika Hall, foundthat "Black" people are viewed more negatively than "African Americans" because of a perceived difference in socioeconomic status. As a result, "Black" people are thought of as less competent and as having colder personalities.The study's most striking findings shed light on the racial discriminations permeating the professional world. Even seemingly harmless details on a CV, it appears, can tap into recruiters'(招聘人员)discriminations. A job application might mention affiliations（关系）with groups such as the "Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers" or the "National Black Employees Association," the names of which apparently have consequences, and are also beyond their members' control.In one of the study's experiments, subjects were given a brief description of a man from Chicago with the last name Williams. To one group, he was identified as "African-American," and another was told he was "Black." With little else to go on, they were asked to estimate Mr. Williams' salary, professional standing, andeducational background.The "African-American" group estimated that he earned about $ 37,000 a year and had a two-year college degree. The "Black" group, on the other hand, put his salary at about $ 29,000, and guessed that he had only "some" college experience. Nearly three-quarters of the first group guessed that Mr. Williams worked at a managerial level, while only 38.5 percent of the second group thought so.Hall's findings suggest there's an argument to be made for electing to use "African American," though one can't help but get the sense that it's a decision that papers over the urgency of continued progress. Perhaps a new phrase is needed, one thatcan bring everyone one big step closer to realizing Du Bois' original, idealistic hope: "It's not the name-it's the Thing that counts."59. We can conclude from Erika Hall's findings that________.A. Racial discriminations are widespread in the professional worldB. Many applicants don't attend to details on their CVsC. Job seekers should all be careful- about their affiliationsD. Most recruiters are unable to control their racial biases60. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Jesse Jackson embraced the term “African American” because it is free from discrimination.B. The naming of any ethnic (种族) group is political sensitive.C. Before the study conducted by Erika Hall, researchers had identified the causes of the gap inperception of racial discrimination.D. A man identified as “African American” is thought of as more capable than heis identified as “Black”.61. Erika Hall’s experiment about a man with the last name Williams indicates that ________.A. African Americans fare better than many other ethnic groupsB. Black people's socioeconomic status in America remains lowC. People's conception of a person has much to do with the way he or she is labeledD. One's professional standing and income are related to their educational background62. From the underlined sentences in the last paragraph, we can know that Dr. DuBois' hope is ________.A. All Americans enjoy equal rightsB. A person is judged by their worthC. A new term is created to address African AmericansD. All ethnic groups share the nation's continued progress5.Garlic is one of the most common cooking ingredients around the world. Many dishes in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas use this strong-flavored vegetable.Garlic is similar to other bulb-shaped plants, including onions, chives, leeks and scallions. But garlic is special. For centuries, people have used garlic not only for cooking, but also for medicine.Medicinal garlic throughout time.Researchers at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University studied the medicinal use of garlic throughout history. They found references to garlic in ancient texts from Egypt, Greece, Rome, China and India.For example, in ancient Greece and Rome, people considered garlic an aid to strength and endurance.The original Olympic athletes in Greece ate garlic to improve their performance. The ancient Romans fed garlic to the soldiers and sailors.Workers who built the pyramids in Egypt ate garlic. In fact, this is a theme throughout early history -- workers eating garlic to increase their strength.Some researchers in China have gone so far as to call hydrogen sulfide the key to a longer life.__________________!In a 2007 study, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham studied how garlic increased hydrogen sulfide and how that, in turn, affected red blood cells.David Kraus led that study.In 2013, scientists were finally able to see this process happen. Chemists Alexander Lippert of Southern Methodist University in Dallas and Vivian S. Lin discovered how to observe this process in living human cells.Their discovery has opened the door to more research into the health benefits of garlic and the production of hydrogen sulfide in the body.In a 2015 experiment at Penn State University, researchers injected a solution thatwould create hydrogen sulfide in the arms of healthy young adults. They wanted to see what hydrogen sulfide would do to a small area of blood vessels.The initial findings are that hydrogen sulfide widened blood vessels, which then increased the flow of blood. These researchers plan to continue their research. They published their findings in The Journal of Physiology.Older garlic may be even healthier.But let’s leave the laboratory and go to the kitchen. Don’t throw out older garlic that has sprouted. You may have thought that garlic growing light green sprouts was past its prime or old and on its way to the trash bin.But not so fast.Scientists have reported in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that this older garlic has even more properties that are good for our bodies than fresh garlic. When researcherstested garlic that had sprouted for five days, they found it had higher antioxidant activity than fresher bulbs of garlic.Also, to get the full effect of garlic’s health benefits, do not add it to food or cook with it immediately. Cutting, crushing or mincing garlic releases the healthy compound found in the vegetable. But heating the garlic or adding it to other ingredients prevents the release of this healthy compound. So cut or crush or mince the garlic, and let it rest by itself for a couple minutes.So, are there any downsides to garlic? Well, the same reason garlic is good for us and good in dishes -- that strong sulfur odor -- is the same reason it gives us bad breath.But there might be a cure for that, too. Yet another study found that eating an apple or lettuce after eating garlic cuts down on the strong garlic smell on one’s breath.63. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Garlic can be used not only for cooking, but also for medicine.B. Workers would eat garlic to increase their strength in the past.C. Garlic growing light green sprouts was past its prime or old and should bethrown to thetrash bin.D. Heating the garlic or adding it to other ingredients would reduce the healthbenefit of garlic.64. Which sentence could be filled in the blanks?A. So many studies on garlicB. Medicinal garlic throughouttimeC. Garlic is such a healthy foodD. Study about garlic65. Where can you probably find the text?A. In a popular magazine.B. In a story book.C. In a biology textbook.D. In a health report.6.A new survey reviews that more than 60% of websites and apps intended for Canadian children may be collecting personal information and passing it on to a third party. The survey was completed by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network, which reviewed 1,494 websites and apps.Focusing on trends among Canadian users, the sweep team reviewed 118 websites and apps targeted directly at children, as well as 54 that are known to be popular with and used by kids. The team’s findings showed that mo re than 50% of Canadian sites collect personal information from children, including names, addresses, phone numbers and photos, audio or video. In addition, 62% of sites admitted they may show that personal information to third parties. An other 62% allowed the user to be redirected to a different site, and only 28% of the sites and apps involved any form of parental control or protection.A member of the team Tobi Cohen, outlined a few of the sites that did and did not live up to the standards of children’s privacy online. She praised both Family.ca and /doc/f219173423.html, for their message boards that did not allow users to post personal information, and noted that santasvillage. ca asked users to provide their full nameand email address. /doc/f219173423.html, was also singled out for allowing users to display personal information, including names, age, sex and locations. /doc/f219173423.html,, on the other hand, was praised for only offering generic, pre-set avatars（头像）and barring users form uploading personal photos.The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada refused to release a full list of the websites and apps reviewed. When asked what would be done with results, commissioner Daniel Therrien said that companies reviewed in the sweep would be kept informed of the findings. “ It’s our usual practice after conducting a sweep to write a number of companies to point out the things that we’ve seen, to sometimes ask that things be changed, and on the whole the companies react positively to thesereq uests.” Therrien added.In an attempt to help kids better understand why their privacy matters, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has created a lesson plan for kids in Grade 7 and 8 that explains the Global Privacy Enforcements Network and has kids conduct privacy reviews of their own.“We know that companies are not the only ones responsible for the protection of kids’ privacy.” Therrien said.“ Parents and teachers obviously have a role. We have a role, particularly in the area of increasing awareness of privacy issues among the public.”Matthew Johnson, director of education at Media Smarts, said that the sweep’s results were sadly unsurprising. Media Smarts, an Ottawa-based non-profit digital literacy outfit intended to improve media literacy and empowering the youth to better engage with media, offers age-appropriate tips toparents concerned with keeping their kids sage online.Johnson explained that in addition to educating themselves on the issue, the best thing parents could do to protect children’s privacy online is to educate kids on the importance the function of their personal data. He mentioned an initiative by Media Smarts called Privacy Pirates, an online game that aims to teach kids at the age of seven to nine that all forms of personal information should be protected and added that their personal information has value and they should think twice before giving it out.66. We can conclude from the data mentioned in Paragraph2 that ________.A. parents must be to blame for letting out their kids’ privacyB. the time that children spend on he Internet should be limitedC. more children have realized the importance of personal privacyD. more attention should be paid to the protection of kids’ privacy67. Which of the following websit es doesn’t require kids to provide personal information?A. Family.ca.B. /doc/f219173423.html,.C. /doc/f219173423.html,.D. santasvillage.ca.68. What will most of the companies do when receiving a request from the sweep team?A. They will help kids better understand why their privacy matters.B. They will ask the team never to make their website public.C. They will ask for further information about the research.D. They will take some measures actively in response.69. Daniel Therrien seems to stress in Paragraph 6 that ________.A. the team should develop a good relationship with the companiesB. the protection of kid’s privacy involves joint efforts from adultsC. the public is unaware if their role in protecting kids’ privacyD. the sweep team’s work is worth nothing without parents’ help70. According to Johnson, parents should ________.A. guide their kids to play online gamesB. get kids to know the value of their privacyC. set a good example to their kids in daily lifeD. think twice before giving personal information out7.It was very late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light. In the day time the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference. The two waiters inside the cafe knew that the old man was a little drunk, and while he was a good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave without paying, so they kept watch on him.“Last week he tried to commit suicide,” one waiter said. “Why?” “He was in despair.” “What about?”“Nothing.”“How do you know it was nothing?” “He has plenty of money.”They sat together at a table that was close against the wall near the door of the cafe and looked at the terrace where the tables were all empty except where the old man sat in the shadow of the leaves of the tree that moved slightly in the wind. A girl and a soldier went by in the street. The street light shone on the brass number on his collar. The girl wore no head covering and hurried beside him.“The guard will pick him up,” one waiter said. “What does it matter if he gets what he’s after?” “He had better get off the street now. The guard will get him. They went by five minutes ago.”The old man sitting in the shadow rapped on his saucer with his glass. The younger waiter went over to him.“What do you want?” The old man looked at him. “Another brandy,” he said.“You’ll be drunk,” the waiter said. The old man looked at him. The waiter wentaway.“He’ll stay all night,” he said to his colleague. “I’m sleepy now. I never get into bed before three o’clock. He should have killed himself last week.”The waiter took the brandy bottle and another saucer from the counter inside the cafe and marched out to the old man’s table. He put down the saucer and poured the glass full of brandy.“You should have killed yourself last week,” he said to the deaf man. The ol d man motioned with his finger. “A little more,” he said. The waiter poured on into the glass so that the brandy slopped over and ran down the stem into the top saucer of the pile. “Thank you,” the old man said. The waiter took the bottleback inside the c afe. He sat down at the table with his colleague again.“He’s drunk now,” he said. “He’s drunk every night.” “What did he want to kill himself for?” “How should I know.” “How did he do it?” “He hung himself with a rope.” “Who cut him down?” “His niece.”“Why did they do it?” “Fear for his soul.” “How much money has he got?” “He’s got plenty.” “He must be eighty years old.” “Anyway I should say he was eighty.” “I wish he would go home. I never get to bed before three o’clock. What kind of hour is that to go to bed?” “He stays up because he likes it.” “He’s lonely. I’m not lonely. I have a wife waiting in bed for me.” “He had a wife once too.” “A wife would be no good to him now.” “You can’t tell. He might be better with a wife.” “His niece looks after him. You said she cut him down.” “I know.” “I wouldn’t want to be that old. An old man is a nasty thing.” “Not always. This old man is clean. He drinks without spilling. Even now, drunk. Look at him.” “I don’t want to look at him. I wish he would go home. He has no reg ard for those who must work.”The old man looked from his glass across the square, then over at the waiters.“Another brandy,” he said, pointing to his glass. The waiter who was in a hurry came over.“Finished,” he said, speaking with that omission of synt ax stupid people employ when talking to drunken people or foreigners. “No more tonight. Close now.”“Another,” said the old man.“No. Finished.” The waiter wiped the edge of the table with a towel and shook his head.The old man stood up, slowly counted the saucers, took aleather coin purse from his pocket and paid for the drinks, leaving half a peseta tip. The waiter watched himgo down the street, a very old man walking unsteadily but with dignity.“Why didn’t you let him stay and drink?” the unhurr ied waiter asked. They were putting up the shutters. “It is not half past two.” “I want to go home to bed.” “What is an hour?” “More to me than to him.” “An hour is the same.” “You talk like an old man yourself. He can bu y a bottle and drink at home.” “It’s not the same.” “No, it is not,” agreed the waiter with a wife. He did not wish to be unjust. He was only in a hurry. “And you? You have no fear of going home before your usual hour?” “Are you trying to insult me?” “No, hombre, only to make a joke.”“No,”the waiter who was in a hurry said, rising from pulling down the metal shutters. “I have confidence. I am all confidence.” “You have youth, confidence, and a job,” the older waiter said. “You have everything.” “And what do you lack?” “Everything but work.” “You have everything I have.” “No. I have never had confidence and I am not young.” “Come on. Stop talking nonsense and lock up.” “I am of those who like to stay late at the cafe,” the older waiter said. “With all those who do not want to go to bed.With all those who need a light for the night.” “I want to go home and into bed.” “We are of two different kinds,” the older waiter said. He was now dressed to go home. “It is not only a question of youth and confidence although those things are very beautiful. Each night I am reluctant to close up because there may be someone who needs the cafe.” “Hombre, there are bodegas open all night long.” “You do not understand. This is a clean and pleasant cafe. It is well lighted. The light is verygood and also, now, t here are shadows of the leaves.”“Good night,” said the younger waiter.“Good night,” the other said. Turning off the electric light he continued the conversation with himself. It was the light of course but it is necessary that the place be clean and pleasant. You do not want music. Certainly you do not want music. Nor can you stand before a bar with dignity although that is all that is provided for these hours. What did he fear? It was not a fear or dread. It was a nothing that he knew too well. It was all a nothing and a man was a nothing too. It was only that and light was all it needed and a certain cleanness and order. Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it all was nada y pues nada y nada y pues nada.He smiled and stood before a bar with a shining steam pressure coffee machine.“What’s yours?” asked the barman.“Nada.” “Otro loco mas,” said the barman and turned away.“A little cup,” said the waiter.The barman poured it for him.“The light is very bright a nd pleasant but the bar is unpolished,” the waiter said.The barman looked at him but did not answer. It was too late at night for conversation.“You want another capital?” the barman asked.“No, thank you,” said the waiter and went out. He disliked bars and bodegas. A clean, well-lighted cafe was a very different thing. Now, without thinking further, he would go home to his room. He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. After all, he said to himself, it’s probably only。

高中英语阅读理解高难度单项选择题50题1. The passage mainly discusses the recent advancements in artificial intelligence and its potential impact on various industries. However, it fails to mention the challenges in implementing this technology in developing countries. What can be inferred from the text?A. Artificial intelligence has no challenges in developed countries.B. The impact of artificial intelligence is limited to certain industries.C. Developing countries are not ready for the application of artificial intelligence.D. The passage does not provide enough information about the challenges in developing countries.答案：D。

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A 选项说法错误，文中未提及发达国家人工智能有无挑战；B 选项与原文不符，文中未说人工智能影响只局限于某些行业；C 选项文中未给出相关内容；D 选项正确，文中确实没有提供关于发展中国家相关挑战的足够信息。

2. A scientific research team has discovered a new species of plant ina remote rainforest. The plant has unique characteristics that distinguish it from other known species. Which of the following is NOT a possible reason for the discovery of this new species?A. Advanced technology for exploration.B. Increased deforestation leading to exposure.C. Intensive studies in biodiversity.D. Random chance during a routine expedition.答案：B。

一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解A story posted by The New York Post Monday tells the tale of Katrina Holte, a Hillsboro woman who quit her job to cosplay a 1950s housewife.Let me start by expressing admiration to Holte for using her 2019 freedoms to follow her 1950s dreams. Everyone should be so lucky as to get to decide what they wear and how they spend their time. That's the future our foremothers fought for.But as much fun as I am sure she is having living a vintage (复古的) life, which literally includes watching shows like "I Love Lucy" and listening to vinyl recordings (刻录碟片), I think it's important to remember that being a 1950s housewife was actually totally awful, and something our grandmothers and mothers fought against.For example, once I called my grandma and asked her for her recipe for Cloud Biscuits, these delicious biscuits she used to make that we would cover with butter and homemade raspberry jam on Thanksgiving."Why would you want that?" she said. "Go to the store. Go to the freezer section. Buy some pre-made biscuits and put them in the oven."She straight-up refused to give me the recipe, because it was hard and took a long time to make. In her mind, it was a waste of time.Getting off the phone, it occurred to me that spending every day of your life serving a husband and five children wasn't fun at all. And then there are the grandchildren who eventually come along demanding Cloud Biscuits, a whole new expanded set of people to feed.She was basically a slave to those hungry mouths, cooking scratch meals three times a day. When she wasn't trapped in the kitchen, she had to keep the house clean, make sure she looked good enough to be socially acceptable, and make sure her kids and husband looked good enough to be socially acceptable. And she had no days off.I know my grandma loves her kids and her grandkids, her husband and the life she led, but man, it must have been a lot of thankless, mindless labor.No wonder everyone went all-in on processed foods when they came around. Imagine the nice break something like a microwave dinner would give a woman working, unpaid, for her family every single day?I also had another grandma. She was a scholar who helped found the Center for the Study of Women in Society at University of Oregon. She was a pioneering second-wave feminist who wrote books, gave lectures and traveled the world.But, she did all of that after divorcing my grandpa, when most of her kids were out of the house. Back then, in the 1950s and the 1960s, there was no illusion about women "having it all". How could that even possibly happen? If you were taking care of a family, waiting on your husband, you had no time to follow your dreams, unless you made that your dream.A lot of women took that approach. We call it Stockholm Syndrome now.And of course, these women I am talking about are upper-middle-class white women. Romanticizing the 1950s is especially disgusting when you think about how women of color andpoor women were treated back then, and the lack of education and choices available to them.Because the women in this country demanded something approaching equality, Holte has the chance to live out her fantasy. Not every woman in America is so lucky.We still don't have pay equality and in many states, we still don't have autonomy over our own bodies. Poor women and women of color still lack the opportunities of their wealthy and white peers.And while it's getting better, women are still expected to be responsible for the emotional labor of running a household and raising the children.But at least we can get jobs. At least we don't have to sew our own clothes, wear a full face of makeup every day and spend hours making Cloud Biscuits some ungrateful kid will wolf down, barely remembering to say thank you.（1）According to the author, what is the future our foremothers fought for?A. Watching shows like "I Love Lucy" and listening to vinyl recordings.B. Having the freedom to make choices in their daily life.C. Making Cloud Biscuits for their kids and husbands.D. Making sure their kids and husbands socially acceptable.（2）What does the underlined word "that" in paragraph 13 refer to?A. Writing books, giving lectures and traveling the world.B. Divorcing husband when kids were out of house.C. Taking care of a family and waiting on husband.D. Women's illusion about "having it all".（3）What does the "Stockholm Syndrome" in paragraph 14 really mean in the passage?A. Women have been used to the unfair treatment at homeB. Women nowadays like the way of life in the 1950s.C. Victims end up sympathizing with the abusers.D. Women have the chance to live out their dreams.（4）The author thinks of the life of a 1950s housewife as ________.A. fantasticB. admirableC. awfulD. unforgettable（5）What can we learn from the passage?A. It was a waste of time to give grandchildren the recipe.B. All women are not lucky to follow their own dreams in America now.C. Housewives received recognition for their efforts from family members.D. The upper-middle-class white women did a better job in running the household.（6）What is the author's main purpose in writing this passage?A. To show great appreciation to her grandmas.B. To call on housewives to claim the pay for the housework they undertake.C. To draw readers' attention to the situations women face, especially those poor and of color.D. To arouse women's awareness of equal pay at work.【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）A（4）C（5）B（6）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，作者认为在日常生活中拥有选择的自由是我们的祖先为之奋斗的未来，同时想让读者注意到女性所面临的处境，尤其是那些贫穷的有色人种。

一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解It was just before 8 a.m. on October 17, 2010.She'd checked the higher summits forecast posted by the Mount Washington Observatory before she left. Based on her experience, Bales knew that her hike was realistic. Besides, she had two plans and extra layers of clothing to better regulate her temperature as conditions changed.At 10:30 a.m., the weather was showing its teeth. Bales added even more layers, including a jacket to protect herself from the cold winds and heavy fog. She made her way across the snow—covered ridge toward Mount Washington and began to think about calling it a day. Then she noticed something: a single set of footprints in the snow ahead of her. She'd been following faint tracks all day and hadn't given them much thought, because so many people climbed Jewell Trail. But these, she realized, had been made by a pair of sneakers. She silently scolded the absent hiker for breaking normal safety rules and walked on.Now she felt genuinely alarmed. She was sure the hiker could not navigate(找到方向)in the low visibility and was heading straight toward the challenging trails of the Great Gulf Wilderness. Bales stood there, shocked. The temperature and clouds were in a race to find their lowest point, and darkness was mere hours away. If Bales continued to follow the tracks, she'd add risk and time to the route she'd already adjusted to manage both. But she could not let this go. She turned to the left and called out, "Hello!" into the frozen fog.Bales wouldn't get an answer until a week later, when the president of her rescue group received a letter in the mail. It read: "I hope this reaches the right group of rescuers. I want to remain anonymous(匿名的), but I was called John. On Sunday, October 17, I went up my favorite trail, Jewell, to end my life. Weather was to be bad. Thought no one else would be there. I was dressed to go quickly. Next thing I knew this lady was talking to me, changing my clothes, giving me food, making me warmer."（1）What does the underlined sentence mean?A.The weather began to get worse.B.Nobody controlled the weather.C.Weather could never be predicted.D.Weather was generally changeable.（2）Why did Bales feel really frightened?A.Because she lost her way completely.B.Because the terrible weather was on the way.C.Because she was blinded by the frozen fog.D.Because she was convinced that someone was in trouble.（3）What is the purpose of John's hiking?A.To challenge his limit.B.To go up his favorite trail.C.To donate some money to rescue group.D.To kill himself without being discovered.【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，贝尔斯在天气恶劣时去登山，无意发现一串往危险区域行进的脚印，她知道有人陷入了困境。

一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解Empathy (同理心)is one of those strange qualities—something almost everyone wants, but few know how to truly give or receive it. In a world where self-satisfaction is emphasized, it is in short supply but high demand. This is all the more reason to teach the next generation what it means to have empathy for those around them.What Is Empathy?— Many people confuse sympathy and empathy, but they are two distinct values. Empathy is not just the ability to understand someone's feelings; criminals often take advantage of people by appearing to understand their feelings and subsequently gaining their trust. Empathy is more than that. Not only is it the ability to recognize how someone feels, but it also values and respects the feelings of another person. It means treating others with kindness, dignity, and understanding.Kids Need To See Adults Show Empathy—While some children are gifted with naturally kind hearts, in most cases kids need to see empathy modeled by the adults around them. It begins with the way parents relate to their children. Parents who show an interest in the things that matter to their kids and respond to emotions in a positive and caring way are teaching the skill of empathy.Meet Emotional Needs—When children have their emotional needs met, two things happen. They learn how to meet the emotional needs of others and they are anchored in what they are receiving, meaning that they are secure enough to give to others when the need arises but first they need to receive. An empty jug cannot fill a cup.It's a good idea to talk to kids about emotions and how other people experience them. Give their emotions names (for example, jealousy, anger, and love) and teach them that these are normal. Talk to them about how to handle emotions in a positive way and point out situations where other people are experiencing emotions. Teach them about respecting the emotions of others and show them how to act in a situation where a response is required.（1）Why is it that the next generation are taught to have empathy?A. Because people tend to center themselves.B. Because everyone lacks empathy.C. Because empathy is a strange quality.D. Because it's better to give than to receive.（2）Which situation can empathy be used in?A.When a mathematician is calculating the area of a farmland.B.When a teacher is comforting a student about his failure in exams.C.When a criminal is cheating a victim.D.When a dancer is dancing to music.（3）What does the underlined sentence "An empty jug cannot fill a cup" mean?A.An empty jug is too small to hold a cup.B.It's a must to talk to kids about emotions.C.Adults should set an example to kids.D.Kids give empathy with their emotional needs met first.（4）What is the main topic of the passage?A.How to train kids to have empathy.B.How to distinguish sympathy and empathy.C.How to help kids finish empathy-related tasks.D.Whether kids can be trained to be more empathetic.【答案】（1）A（2）B（3）D（4）A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，在一个强调自我满足的世界里，我们更有理由教导下一代，对周围的人抱有同理心意味着什么。

高考英语高难度阅读理解15篇（3）1.Some people are pessimistic (悲观) when they think about the future. They say that, a hundred years from now, we will have used up most of the earth’s resources. We will have polluted our sea badly, and be unable to eat fish from it. We will have made air so dirty that we will need to wear masks. The world’s pollution will have doubled, and we will have used all the countryside for housing; there will be no farmland left.Other people believe that man adapts very easily. They have a different idea of the future. However, in their views, will people be living in a hundred years’ time?One architect believes that man will move off the land. He suggests that the city of the future will be a huge, pyramidshaped building, which will be floating on the surface of the sea. About 5,000 families will be living there, and the building will contain shops and schools as well as homes. By living on the sea, we will give the farmers more land to grow crops.As for oil, people will no longer need it: we will be heating our homes with power from the sun. And we will not be short of minerals, because there are plenty under our oceans. At the moment, we do not have the technology to get them out. But, in a hundred years’ time, the optimists (乐观者) say, the new sea cities will be using these resources.What will be in the shops in the year 3000? What will people be wearing? How will people be traveling?Scientists who make predictions about the future suggest that, by the year 3000, shops will no longer exist. Computers will have replaced them; and people will order goods from home.People will be wearing very light, thin clothes. By this time, scientists will have invented a fabric that keeps us cool in hot weather and warm in cold weather.As for travel, the experts say that most people will be using public transport. Electric cars will be traveling through the streets day and night. Anybody will be able to stop one and use it.An interesting picture! Unfortunately, we will not be there if these predictions come true.28. Pessimists believe that in the future ________.A. seas and oceans will be full of housesB. we’ll have used up most of the resourcesC. we will have not enough fish to eat from the seasD. we will have polluted the air not so badly that it will be possible for us to breathe29. Scientists have made the predictions EXCEPT ________.A. electric cars will be going along the streets continuouslyB. the resources under the oceans will never be used upC. people will order goods from homeD. peopl e won’t suffer from cold any longer30. What does the underlined word in the seventh paragraph refer to?A. a kind of toolB. a kind of energyC. a kind of clothD. a kind of resource31. We can learn from the article that ________.A. we should be optimistic about the futureB. we should be pessimistic about the futureC. we shouldn’t think too much about the futureD. we have no idea of what will happen in the future2. Movie ExtrasWould you mind lying in a coffin (棺材)? Would you shave your head? Are you willing to take out your false teeth?These are just a few of the questions Anne Marie Stewart and her staff sometimes ask the "talent" who serve as non-speaking "extras" in special films, television series, and made-for-TV movies produced in Toronto.Of course, the majority of extra calls are for more ordinary people, and Stewart has a list of about 650 registered extras. Crowd scenes, which are common, call for everyday people of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, and sizes.Over at Movie People, last-minute requests are not unusual. "We got a request once for an entire brass band of 30 people. They wanted it within the hour," said manager Yvonne McCartney. Another time, the company got a last-minute request fora newborn baby. "We found a baby that was three weeks premature," said Jonathan Aiken, an owner of the company.Then there was the worried call from a casting director whose "Star" got doggone stubborn one day and decided to just lie down and not work. The director needed a replacement dog, fast. "We got them two in one hour." said Aiken. "It was a matter of good connections and fast phone work." The eight phone lines needed to make 350 to 400 calls a day are one of Movie People's major expenses.Phone lines are the only way to stay in touch with casting directors and extras; but the latter are a group not necessarily interested in a long-term relationship. Most extra jobs pay only $7 an hour (with a six-hour minimum), while most agencies charge an annual $75 re gistration fee and get 10 to 15 per cent of extras’ earnings. It's no wonder that the turnover rate is fairly high.Some people who are between jobs do extra work as a temporary measure, said McCartney. But professionals, such as lawyers, also do the work because it's interesting. Others with flexible jobs have a desire to do something different. Some homemakers want to get out of the house and onto a movie set. Money's not the motivating reason."One of the first things I say to people who walk in and ask about being an extra is, ‘You have to be available,' "said a person at Karen Clifton Agency. Inc. "The next thing I say is, 'You can't make a living at this.' ”68. What kind of people are movie extras?A. TV series makers.B. Casting directors.C. Non-professional movie actors.D. Agents for movie stars.69. According to the passage, movie extras should _____.A. have special talentsB. have a flexible scheduleC. make good connectionsD. make hundreds of phone calls daily70. Why do white collar workers most probably like to be movie extras?A. They want to make more money.B. They want to start a career in acting.C. They think their regular job is boring.D. They think being on the stage is enjoyable.71. The underlined word “turnover” in the sixth paragraph probably means _____.A. business profitB. the loss of staffC. market demandD. operation expenses3.Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit.In my dual（双重的） profession as an educator and health care provider, I have worked with numerous children infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The relationships that I have had with these special kids have been gifts in my life．They have taught me so many things，but I have especially learned that great courage can be found in the smallest of packages．Let me tell you about Tyler．Tyler was born infected with HIV；his mother was also infected. From the very beginning of his life, he was dependent on medications（药物）to enable him to survive. When he was five, he had a tube surgically inserted in a vein in his chest. This tube was connected to a pump, which he carried in a small backpack on his back．Medications were hooked up to this pump and were continuously supplied through this tube to his bloodstream. At times, he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his breathing．Tyler wasn't willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease. It was not unusual to find him playing and racing around his backyard，wearing his medicine－laden backpack and dragging his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon. All of us who knew Tyler marveled at his pure joy in being alive and the energy it gave him. Tyler's mom often teased him by telling him that he moved so fast she needed to dress him in red. That way, when she peered through the window to check on him playing in the yard，she could quickly spot him．This dreaded disease eventually wore down even the likes of a little dynamo like Tyler．He grew quite ill and，unfortunately，so did his HIV－infected mother．When it became apparent that he wasn't going to survive，Tyler's mom talked to him about death．She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too，and that s he would be with him soon in heaven．A few days before his death，Tyler beckoned10) me over to his hospital bed and whispered，“I might die soon．I'm not scared．When I die，please dress me inred．Mom promised she's coming to heaven，too．I'll be playing when she gets there，and I want to make sure she can find me．”81. What’s the profession of the writer? (no more than 8 words.)82. Why did Tyler carry a small backpack on his back? (no more than 13 words)83. Why did Tyler’s mother want to dress Tyler in red? (no more than 14 words)84. Try to use at least three words to describe Tyler’s personality. (no more than 4 words)4.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away. Life has changed for millions of young people across the world who now make friends online. Whether you use chat-rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are a member of this group.“I don’t often talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ,” said Fox’s Shadow, the online name used by a girl student in China. “Most of my classmates use QQ after school.”QQ is the biggest messaging service in China. A record from Tencent, the company which developed QQ, shows that 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October.And probably Fox’s Shadow was one of them. “I log in on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel everything around me boring. I usually spend about ten hours chatting online every week,” she said. “But I never talk with strangers, especially boys or men.”Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making friends with strangers online. “You don’t know who you’re talking to. You should always be careful about whom you believe in online.”Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have known someone very well. Fox’s Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face.It was a girl who was a football fan like herself and they went to a football match together.A 16-year-old Beijing boy, named Bart Simon online, dislikes QQ users. “I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking about foolish things,” he said. Now he cha ts online in English, using MSN. “I only chat online because I’ve gotfriends in Japan, the US and Singapore,” he said. “I want to learn more about foreign cultures.” But he spends little time chatting on QQ as he sees it as a waste of time and money.“If you are really addicted to it, sometimes you can’t give your mind to your lessons,” he said. “And friends in your real life are always more important than those so-called friends you meet online.”63．From the passage, we know“…they are all just a few clicks away”means“”.A．it is wonderful to see your friends by clickingB．it is popular to make friends onlineC．it is possible to live much closer to your friendsD．it is easy and fast to get in touch with your friends64．Fox’s Shadow thinks QQ is .A．a good place to spend her time when boredB．the biggest messaging service in ChinaC．a safe place to chat with strangersD．the best place to make friends65．Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?A．All the people on QQ are talking about foolish things.B．We should think more of our friends in real life.C．We should be careful about boys or men online.D．Chatting online is a waste of time and money.66．The underlined phrase means .A．turn on the computer B．enter in QQC．surf the internet D．make friends5.American office workers spend an average of 52 hours a week at their desks, according to a statistic survey. Some might argue that not all that time is spent working, but still all those hours in windowless offices with artificial light can have an influence.A few green additions could have a large effect on worker happiness, according to the survey led by Tina Cade from Texas State University.“We pretty much found out that if you had windows and plants or even if you just had plants in your office, you were more satisfied with your job, ”Cade told LiveScience.“We thought it was important for offices because a lot of times people are looking for ways to keep employees happy and do all these expensive things like building a gym. Maybe for less investment they could put in a few plants in important places.”The team surveyed 450 office workers in Texas and the Midwest, asking questions about job satisfaction and the work environments. When asked about their overall life quality, 82 said they felt“content”or“very happpy”. Only 69 percent of those who work with plants but without windows, and 60 percent of those who have windows but no plants, said they felt this way.The group of people who work without plants or windows were the most dissatisfied, with only 58 percent of them saying that overall they were “content”or“very happy”. While no one who works with plants, windows, or both reported they felt“miserable”，0.8 percent of those who work in offices without either said they were “miserable”．“I was really surprised that having a plant in your office appeared to be more beneficial than having a window in your office，”Cade said.“Everybody says，‘I need a window！’but actually it seemed like a plant could be a suitable alternative.”52．What does the passage mainly tell us?A．Green plants can increase job satisfaction.B．An easier way to increase job satisfaction.C．What the best working environment is.D．Who are happy with their job environment.53．Among the 450 people surveyed, ________.A．69 percent have plants in their officesB．60 percent have windows in their wallsC．0.8 percent of them feel dissatisfiedD．about 18 percent of them are satisfied54．According to the survey, the group of people who work without plants or windows ________.A．didn't feel content at allB．all suffered from work pressureC．worked with low efficiencyD．were the most dissatisfied55．Which of the following statement is true?A．The employers want to do little to keep employees happy.B．Sometimes it doesn't need much to increase job happiness.C．A gym contributes less to job happiness than green plants.D．Employers have tried every means to increase job happiness.6.Before I spoke to his school, Matt was waiting for me. He sat in his wheelchair barely able to move. As soon as he saw me he started smiling. He could not talk but I pretended the sharks were eating his cereal and his laugh melted the hearts of everyone walking by.One of the teachers told me that he was actually very smart, he just could not control his muscles due to a childhood disease. He was happy and very popular at his school-his'parents' love and encouragement made all the difference. On the contrary—at a book signing session, I met a girl by the name of Anne. She walked up with her mom with a bright smile. Anne asked about my book with a slur（含糊地发音） in her speech indicating a slight head-injury. I told her about it and she smiled the whole time and asked me to sign one for her. I did.Five minutes later, I heard a voice from Anne's father, "you know you will not understand the book. You can't read well enough. You aren't smart enough." He said it so loudly that people were staring in their direction. She was absolutely crushed and her bright smile was now replaced with a look of total despair. He pried the book from her and brought it back to me and asked me to take it back. I asked him if he would allow me to purchase the book for Anne. He said no with a heartless response. I thought back to Matt. He could not speak, walk, run or play but was actually very happy and even doing well in school because of the love and encouragement of his parents. Anne on the other hand had a slight learning problem and may never know happiness of success because of a stern(苛刻的) father.What kind of parent are you? The truth is that whatever you are telling your kids-makes the difference between their success or failure in life.24. What is Matt's problem?A. He is blind.B. He isn't smart enough.C. He suffers a muscles' disease.D. He can't speak and read.25. Compared with Anne, Matt is lucky becauseA. his parents are richB. his parents love and encourage himC. his disability is not seriousD. the author feels sympathy for him26. Hearing her father's words, Anne felt __A. light-heartedB. doubtfulC. cautiousD. heart-broken27. What does the author probably do?A. A writer.B. A teacher.C. A doctor.D. A lawyer.7.Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can't talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals.Many kinds of birds are very successful in fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator (猎食动物)gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the "hurt" adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. Not making nests, they get into other birds' nests secretly to lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them.Chimpanzees, or chimps, can be dishonest and sneaky(偷偷摸摸的）.When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don't hear them, and they don't need to share their food.As is mentioned above, animals behave dishonestly for survival. Is it OK to lie for us humans?25. The writer uses the three questions at the beginning of the passage to ______ .A. ask the readers to answer the questionsB. draw the readers' attention to the topicC. seek answers to the questionsD. show he is at a loss about the question26. A plover protects its young from a predator by ______ .A. driving away the adult predatorB. getting closer to its youngC. leaving its young in another nestD. pretending to be injured27. What is the common reaction of most chimps when they find their favorite food?A. They let out a loud cry.B. They hide their food immediately.C. They cry in a very low voice.D. They share their food with other chimps.28. What does the author think of the animals' dishonest behaviors?A. Unforgettable.B. Unreasonable.C. Acceptable.D. Negative.8.The most complex object known to humanity is the human brain — and not only is it complex, but it is one of the few natural phenomena that science has no consciousness of. To try to replicate (复制) something that is so poorly understood may therefore seem like pride. But you have to start somewhere, and International Business Machines (IBM) and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Switzerland, propose to start by replicating “in silico”, one of the brain’s building blocks.In a partnership announced, the two organizations said they would be working together to build a simulation (模拟) of a structure known as a neo-cortical（新大脑皮质的）column on a type of IBM supercomputer that is currently used to study the molecular functioning of genes. If that works, they plan to use more powerful computers to link such simulated columns together into something that mimics（模仿) a brain.In a real brain, a neo-cortical column is a cylindrical（圆柱形的）element about a third of a millimeter in diameter and three millimeters long. It is these columns, arranged side by side like the cells of a honeycomb, which make up the famous “grey matter” that has become shorthand for human intelligence. The Blue Gene/L supercomputer that will be used for the simulation consists of enough independentprocessors for each to be programmed to mimic an individual nerve cell in a column.The EPFL’s contribution to the Blue Brain Project will be to create a digital description of how the columns behave. The database from its Brain Mind Institute will provide the raw material for the simulation. Biologists and computer scientists will then connect the artificial nerve cells up in a way that mimics nature. They will do so by assigning electrical properties（电能）to them, and telling them how to communicate with each other and how they should modify their connections with one another depending on their activity.That will be no mean feat. Even a single nerve cell is complicated, not least because each one has about 10,000 connections with others. And nerve cells come in great variety—relying, for example, on different chemical transmitters to carry messages across those connections. Eventually, however, a digital representation of an entire column Should occur.Assuming that the growth of computing power continues to follow Moore’s Law, the leader of IBM’s side thinks it should be practical to mimic an entire human brain in silico this way in ten to fifteen years. Such an artificial brain would, of course, be a powerful research tool. It would allow neurological experiments that currently take days in a “web lab” to be conducted in seconds. The researchers hope that their simulated brain will reveal the secrets of how certain psychiatric and neurological, disorders develop. But that is probably not the real reason for doing it. The most interesting question, surely, is whether such an artificial brain will be intelligent, or conscious, or both.62. In a real brain, a neo-cortical column ____________.A. looks like the cells of a honeycombB. is a simulation of a structureC. is the famous “grey matter”D. contains a large number of nerve cells63. What does the underlined sentence “That will be no mean feat” in Paragraph 5 indicate?A. It is rather difficult to connect the artificial nerve ceils up.B. The function of chemical transmitters is hard to understand.C. A digital representation of an entire column is time-consuming.D. A single nerve cell is complicated to identify across connections.64. The fundamental purpose of doing the research is probably ____________.A. to simulate an entire human brain in silicoB. to tell us how some certain disorders emergeC. to discover how the artificial brain would workD. to examine whether Moore’s Law is still functioning65. What type of writing is this passage?A. A science fictionB. A research reportC. An official documentD. A computer advertisement9.Dear Textual Healing,I would be very interested in your recommendations for any books to help me through a difficult time of my life. At 57, f am feeling a bit lost. I have a wonderful, loving husband and bright, caring teenage daughter but I am lonely and have lost my spark for life.I have always taken care of everyone and managed a career, but, after the death of my father this summer, my difficulties as a child in a terribly abnormal family have come back to me regularly. / have become unfocused and often alone while my husband is away frequently on business and my daughter busy with school and friends.I am seeking the help of a therapist and taking care of myself but I would love to read something to help me “get my groove (理想状况）back” and reengage with life.PC Dear PC,From the letter you’ve given us about your life, it’s no wonder you’re feeling a little lost. But before prescribing titles to help you get your groove back, I’d recommend taking a journey into Rebecca Solnit’s non-fiction book, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, which is packed with the wisdom of everyone from Pat Barker to Thoreau and Keats.The word lost is rooted in the Old Norse “los”，meaning the disbanding of an army. “This origin suggests soldiers falling out of formation to go home, ceasing fighting with the wide world. I worry now that many people never disband their armies, never go beyond what they know,” Solnit writes. So instead of fearing that lost feeling, try seeing its potential for discovery. Explorers, remember, are always lost simply because they’re forever someplace new.“Leave the door open for the u nknown, the door into the dark,” Solnit advises. “That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.”For something that asks a little less of the reader while still giving plenty in return, try a dose (―剂）of Anne Tyler, the beloved creator of numerous heroes whose serious conditions will move anyone who finds themselves in a midlife difficult situation. One such character is 53-year-old Rebecca Davitch, the heroine of Back When We Were Grownups. Like you, she’s combined marriage and motherhood with a career but suddenly finds herself feeling lonely in her own home. Could it be, she wonders, that she’s “turned into the wrong person"? Don't be fooled by the way this novel ambles along —as Rebecca revisits youthful ambitions and the college boyfriend she abandoned, it asks some heart-rending questions before arriving at a place of graceful, joyous acceptance.Along similar lines, I'm also going to recommend The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. Its hero is 65 when he learns that a former colleague sick. On his way to post her a note，he decides instead to visit her—on foot, from his home in deepest Devon to England's northernmost town, more than 600 miles away. You don’t manage that without focus! It’s a journey to a holy place that will take him 87 days to complete, during which he considers his childhood, marriage and relationship with his son, and becomes an accidental media sensation (轰动). By the time he reaches his destination, you’ll fee l anything but tired.Finally, Ruth Ozeki’s novel A Tale for the Time Being will charm the missing spark back into your life. Combining the diary of a sad Tokyo teenager with the story of the middle-aged novelist who finds it, washed ashore on a remote island off the coast of British Columbia, it’s a beautiful illustration of how our lives touch — and are touched by —others in ways we mightn't even be aware of. This Man Booker Prize finalist has plenty to teach about Zen Buddhism, and unless you happen to live in one of its settings, it provides a bracing change of scene, too.One other suggestion: books, as we all know, make great companions but that doesn't mean they can’t be enjoyed in the company of others. If you find yourself home alone, why not slip one into your back pack and head out to a favourite café.66. What has mainly led to PC’s negative attitude to life?A. The lack of helpful books.B. The blow of her father’s death.C. The contrast between her devotion to others and her being ignored.D. The contrast between her easy life and her family members busy life.67. By mentioning the origin of the word lost, Textual Healing implies that__________.A. PC should extend her knowledge by reading moreB. PC should stop struggling with anyone around herC. PC had better try to avoid going someplace newD. PC oughtn’t to be trapped in her present situation68. Who clarifies the idea in his/her work that people are socially related?A. Rebecca Solnit.B. Anne Tyler.C. Rachel Joyce.D. Ruth 0zeki.69. The character Rebecca Davitch is mentioned by Textual Healing because her experience is__________.A. typicalB. persuasiveC. enjoyableD. extraordinary70. Which of the following can be the proper title?A. Which books will cure loneliness?B. How can you get rid of loneliness?C. Here are good examples for youD. Books will keep you busy and healthy10.The tree people in the Lord of the Rings—the Ents—can get around by walking. But for real trees, well, it's harder to uproot. "Because it's a sessile organism, literally, rooted into the ground, it is unable to leave and go elsewhere." Mario Pesendorfer, a behavioral ecologist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. "When a tree first starts growing in a certain area, it's likely that the climatic envelope, so the temperature, humidity, soil composition and so on suits it, because it would otherwise be unable to grow from a seedling. But as it ages, these conditions may change and the area around it may no longer be suitable for its offspring."And if that happens? Walnuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, oaks, pines—many rely exclusively on so-called "scatter-hoarders," like birds, to move their hefty seeds to new locales. "Many members of the family Corvidae—the crows, jays and magpies—are scatter-hoarders, meaning they like to store food for the winter, which they then subsequently retrieve."。

高中英语阅读理解高难度单项选择题50题1. The passage mainly discusses _____.A. the history of a cityB. the culture of a countryC. the development of a technologyD. the benefits of a new policy答案：D，In the passage, the author spends most of the text elaborating on the advantages and positive impacts of the new policy. A, B, and C are only briefly mentioned or not the main focus.2. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.A. the project will be completed soonB. there are some challenges aheadC. more funds are neededD. the team is very experienced答案：B，The text mentions certain difficulties and obstacles faced during the process, suggesting that there are challenges to overcome in the future. Options A, C, and D are not directly indicated or inferred from the given information.3. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?A. A new theory is introduced.B. An example is provided.C. A problem is analyzed.D. A solution is proposed.答案：C，Paragraph 3 mainly focuses on dissecting and explaining a particular problem, rather than introducing a new theory, providing an example, or proposing a solution.4. The author mentions "example X" to _____.A. illustrate a pointB. compare two thingsC. introduce a new conceptD. show contrast答案：A，The "example X" is used to clarify and support a specific point made by the author, not for comparison, introducing a new concept, or showing contrast.5. According to the passage, which of the following is true?A. Option AB. Option BC. Option CD. Option D答案：A，Careful reading of the passage reveals that the details and information presented support Option A. The other options either contain incorrect information or are not in line with the text.6. What can we conclude from the passage about the character?A. He is brave.B. He is intelligent.C. He is kind-hearted.D. He is cautious.答案：B，Throughout the passage, the character's actions and decisions demonstrate his intelligence in handling various situations.7. The tone of the passage is _____.A. optimisticB. pessimisticC. neutralD. critical答案：A，The language and overall message of the passage conveya sense of hope and positive outlook, indicating an optimistic tone.8. Which statement best summarizes the passage?A. Statement AB. Statement BC. Statement CD. Statement D答案：C，Statement C captures the key points and main ideas presented in the passage more accurately than the other options.9. It is implied in the passage that _____.A. a change is comingB. a decision has been madeC. a problem has been solvedD. a goal has been achieved答案：A，Hints and indications within the text suggest that a change is on the horizon, while the other options are not strongly suggested or supported.10. The main purpose of the passage is to _____.A. informB. persuadeC. entertainD. describe答案：A，The content of the passage is primarily focused on presenting facts and information, with the aim of informing the reader.11. The main idea of the passage is _____.A. to describe a beautiful sceneryB. to introduce a new technologyC. to tell a funny storyD. to explain a scientific phenomenon答案：D，The passage mainly focuses on explaining a complex scientific concept and its related details. Option A only mentions the scenery, which is not the main focus. Option B about a new technology is not the core topic. Option C, a funny story, is not the main content of the passage.12. The author's attitude towards the topic is _____.A. positiveB. negativeC. neutralD. uncertain答案：A，Throughout the passage, the author presents various positive aspects and benefits related to the topic, indicating a positive attitude. Option B would imply criticism or pessimism, which is not evident. Option C, neutral, doesn't match the author's clear advocacy. Option D, uncertain, is not supported as the author expresses definite opinions.13. What is the main purpose of the text?A. To informB. To persuadeC. To entertainD. To warn答案：A，The text mainly provides factual information and details to convey knowledge, suggesting an informative purpose. Option B aims at convincing the readers, which is not the main intention. Option C, to entertain, would involve more elements of fun or diversion, not present here. Option D, to warn, is not the main goal as there is no sense of caution.14. The overall tone of the passage is _____.A. seriousB. humorousC. sadD. excited答案：A，The language and content of the passage are presented in a serious and matter-of-fact manner. Option B, humorous, would involve jokes or light-hearted elements not present. Option C, sad, doesn't fit the tone as there is no expression of sorrow. Option D, excited, implies enthusiasm which is not the dominant tone.15. The central theme of the article is _____.A. love and friendshipB. adventure and explorationC. history and cultureD. science and innovation答案：C，The article primarily discusses historical events and cultural aspects, making this the central theme. Option A is not the main focus. Option B, adventure and exploration, are not the core subjects. Option D, science and innovation, may be mentioned but not as the main theme.16. The author's main point in the passage is to _____.A. raise awarenessB. solve a problemC. compare different ideasD. present a theory答案：A，The author emphasizes the importance of certain issues to raise public awareness. Option B, solving a problem, is not the main objective. Option C, comparing different ideas, is not the primary focus. Option D, presenting a theory, is not the main point; rather, it's about making people aware.17. What is the key message the author wants to convey?A. The importance of teamworkB. The benefits of exerciseC. The value of educationD. The need for environmental protection答案：D，The author spends significant time discussing the current state of the environment and the necessity of protection. Option A, teamwork, is not the main emphasis. Option B, exercise benefits, are not the key message. Option C, education value, is not the central topic.18. The main focus of the text is _____.A. art and literatureB. politics and economyC. sports and healthD. technology and development答案：B，The content of the text mainly deals with political systems and economic issues. Option A, art and literature, are not the main subjects. Option C, sports and health, are not the core areas. Option D, technology and development, are not the primary focus.19. The main idea expressed in the passage can be summarized as _____.A. a personal experienceB. a social issueC. a scientific discoveryD. a historical event答案：B，The passage mainly discusses a widespread social problem and its implications. Option A, a personal experience, is not the main content. Option C, a scientific discovery, is not the central idea. Option D, a historical event, is not the main focus.20. The author's perspective on the matter is _____.A. optimisticB. pessimisticC. realisticD. idealistic答案：C，The author presents a balanced and factual assessment, indicating a realistic perspective. Option A, optimistic, would show more hope and positivity. Option B, pessimistic, would convey more negativityand doubt. Option D, idealistic, implies a visionary or utopian view, which is not the case.21. The word "obscure" in the passage is closest in meaning to:A. clearB. confusingC. famousD. unknown答案：D，In the context, the word "obscure" is used to describe something that is not well-known or hard to understand. Option A "clear" means easily understood and is the opposite of "obscure". Option B "confusing" implies causing confusion but not necessarily indicating a lack of familiarity. Option C "famous" means widely known, which is contrary to the meaning of "obscure". So, the correct answer is D "unknown".22. What does the phrase "on the verge of" mean in the following sentence?A. far away fromB. in the middle ofC. close toD. completely inside答案：C，The phrase "on the verge of" typically suggests being very close to a particular state or situation. Option A "far away from"indicates a significant distance. Option B "in the middle of" implies being in the center. Option D "completely inside" means being fully within. Therefore, the correct meaning is C "close to".23. The term "precarious" in the text can be best replaced by:A. stableB. dangerousC. safeD. certain答案：B，"Precarious" is often used to describe a situation that is risky or unstable. Option A "stable" means firm and not likely to change. Option C "safe" indicates the absence of danger. Option D "certain" implies being definite and sure. Hence, the appropriate substitution is B "dangerous".24. What is the meaning of "elusive" as used in the passage?A. easy to catchB. difficult to find or understandC. obviousD. common答案：B，"Elusive" means something that is hard to find, catch or understand. Option A "easy to catch" is the opposite. Option C "obvious" means easily seen or understood. Option D "common" means occurring frequently. Thus, the correct answer is B.25. The word "profound" in the article is most similar in meaning to:A. shallowB. deepC. simpleD. surface答案：B，"Profound" indicates having deep meaning or great significance. Option A "shallow" means not deep. Option C "simple" means easy and not complex. Option D "surface" refers to the outer layer. So, the answer is B.26. What does the expression "at a glance" mean in this context?A. after a careful examinationB. with a quick lookC. without lookingD. by looking many times答案：B，"At a glance" means by taking a quick look. Option A "after a careful examination" involves detailed study. Option C "without looking" is the opposite. Option D "by looking many times" is not the meaning of "at a glance". Hence, the correct option is B.27. The word "conspicuous" in the text can be replaced by:A. hiddenB. noticeableC. invisibleD. secret答案：B，"Conspicuous" means easily noticed or visible. Option A "hidden" means not visible. Option C "invisible" means cannot be seen. Option D "secret" implies being kept hidden. So, the suitable replacement is B "noticeable".28. What is the meaning of "ambiguous" in the following sentence?A. clear and definiteB. having more than one possible meaningC. simple and straightforwardD. easy to understand答案：B，"Ambiguous" means having multiple possible interpretations or being unclear. Option A "clear and definite" is the opposite. Option C "simple and straightforward" implies being easy to understand. Option D "easy to understand" also contradicts the meaning of "ambiguous". Thus, the correct answer is B.29. The term "sporadic" in the passage is closest in meaning to:A. frequentB. regularC. occasionalD. continuous答案：C，"Sporadic" describes something that occurs irregularly or only at intervals. Option A "frequent" means happening often. Option B"regular" implies a consistent pattern. Option D "continuous" means without interruption. Therefore, the answer is C "occasional".30. What does the phrase "by and large" mean in the text?A. in detailB. generallyC. specificallyD. exactly答案：B，"By and large" is an idiomatic expression that means on the whole or generally. Option A "in detail" refers to providing specific and31. The author implies that the main reason for the success of the new product is _____.A. its low priceB. its unique designC. extensive advertisingD. good customer serviceAnswer: B. The passage suggests that the unique design of the product sets it apart from competitors and is the key factor for its success. Options A, C, and D are mentioned but not emphasized as the main reason.32. It can be inferred from the passage that the company's future plans include _____.A. expanding into new marketsB. reducing production costsC. launching a similar productD. improving the existing productAnswer: A. The text hints at the company's ambition to explore new geographical areas for business growth, indicating expansion into new markets. The other options are not strongly indicated.33. The passage suggests that the problem could have been avoided if _____.A. better planning had been doneB. more resources had been allocatedC. quicker decisions had been madeD. different strategies had been adoptedAnswer: A. The context implies that insufficient or improper planning led to the problem. The other options might have helped but are not the core reason as suggested.34. What can be deduced from the writer's tone in the passage?A. OptimisticB. PessimisticC. NeutralD. DoubtfulAnswer: A. The overall language and expressions used by the writerconvey a sense of optimism about the subject matter. The other tones are not consistent with the text.35. It is implicit in the passage that the relationship between the two characters is _____.A. friendlyB. hostileC. indifferentD. complexAnswer: D. The description of their interactions and exchanges implies a complex nature that is not straightforwardly friendly, hostile, or indifferent.36. The passage implies that the new policy will have the greatest impact on _____.A. small businessesB. large corporationsC. consumersD. government agenciesAnswer: A. The details provided suggest that small businesses will be most affected by the new policy due to their limited resources and size.37. What can be inferred about the research findings based on the passage?A. They are conclusiveB. They are controversialC. They need further validationD. They have wide applicationsAnswer: C. The text indicates that while the research has some interesting results, more work is needed to fully validate and understand their implications.38. It can be deduced from the passage that the main challenge faced by the organization is _____.A. lack of fundsB. internal conflictsC. intense competitionD. changing regulationsAnswer: C. The discussion highlights the competitive environment as the primary obstacle for the organization's progress.39. The passage suggests that the solution to the problem lies in_____.A. technological innovationB. better managementC. increased investmentD. changing consumer behaviorAnswer: B. The analysis indicates that improved management practices would address the root causes of the problem effectively.40. What is implied about the future of the industry mentioned in the passage?A. Bright and promisingB. Uncertain and riskyC. Stable and predictableD. Declining and hopelessAnswer: B. The various factors and uncertainties discussed in the passage suggest an unclear and risky future for the industry.41. The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to _____.A. informB. entertainC. persuadeD. describe答案：A，In this type of question, you need to understand the overall tone and content of the passage. If the passage presents facts and information, the purpose is usually to inform. Options B, C, and D have different intentions and don't match the nature of the given text.42. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The situation will improve soon.B. A new solution has been found.C. The problem remains unsolved.D. More efforts are needed.答案：C，To infer means to draw a conclusion based on the given information. Analyze the details and context to determine the most likely outcome. Here, the passage doesn't provide evidence for options A and B, and option D is too general. The text implies that the problem is still ongoing.43. The word "elusive" in the passage probably means _____.A. easy to understandB. difficult to catchC. clearly expressedD. frequently mentioned答案：B，When encountering vocabulary in context questions, look at the surrounding words and sentences for clues. In this case, "elusive" is likely to mean something hard to grasp or obtain, similar to "difficult to catch".44. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A. Option AB. Option BC. Option CD. Option D答案：B，Carefully compare each option with the information presented in the passage. Check for accuracy and consistency todetermine the correct statement.45. The passage is mainly about _____.A. a person's experienceB. a historical eventC. a scientific discoveryD. a cultural phenomenon答案：D，Summarize the main ideas and themes of the passage to identify its core topic. Consider the key elements and recurring themes to make the correct choice.46. What is the tone of the passage?A. OptimisticB. PessimisticC. NeutralD. Critical答案：C，The tone refers to the author's attitude. Analyze the language and expressions used to determine if it's positive, negative, or neutral.47. Which of the following best summarizes the passage?A. Option AB. Option BC. Option CD. Option D答案：A，Look for the option that captures the essential points and main ideas of the entire passage without leaving out crucial details.48. The author mentions _____ in order to _____.A. example A; illustrate a pointB. example B; provide evidenceC. example C; contrast with something elseD. example D; introduce a new concept答案：A，Understand the purpose behind the author's inclusion of specific examples and how they contribute to the overall message.49. What conclusion can be drawn from the last paragraph?A. Conclusion AB. Conclusion BC. Conclusion CD. Conclusion D答案：D，Focus on the final paragraph and analyze the information presented to reach a logical conclusion.50. The main idea of this passage can be best expressed as _____.A. Option AB. Option BC. Option CD. Option D答案：C，Synthesize the entire passage to identify the overarchingconcept or message that ties everything together.。

高中阅读理解专项训练附答案解析1篇Knowing how to communicate well needs very personal attention between you and another person, we should face it. Is there a better way to learn how to communicate successfully? Yes, there is. Please follow the basic steps below.Relax and breathe.Whether it’s a business meeting or a first date, the first thing you must do in order to communicate is to relax.When you relax, you are in control. You control your reactions(反应) and your reactions do not control you. Breathing is central to relaxation. Take a few deep breaths and your body will begin to be more relaxed. This will help you apply what you have already known about how to communicate well.Think and you will be prepared.Have you heard the old saying “Think before you speak.”? W ell, it is true. By thinking ahead about how the conversation might flow(流畅), you will be better prepared, more relaxed and more confident.Follow the flow of the conversation.If you are uncomfortable, being silent will only make it worse and make the other person uncomfortable as well. So when all else fails, you should follow through with small talk until a common topic appears.A good way to keep a conversation going is to ask the other person questions. People love to talk about themselves and if you do this, they will keep the conversation going, thinking very highly of you. Learning good communication skills is not something out of reach. If you make an effort, you will succeed.1．If you want to communicate successfully, what should you do first?A．Follow the conversation.B．Relax yourself fully.C．Take as many breaths as possible.D．Prepare the conversation well.2．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A．Relaxation will not help you control your reactions.B．You will control the conversation by thinking hard.C．Silence will make the other person feel comfortable.D．Asking questions will keep a conversation going better.3．What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence “Learning good communication skills is not something out of reach.”?A．You will be good at communication if you reach out your hand.B．Good communication skills can be learned if you try.C．Not all people can learn good communication skills.D．Communication skills can be improved easily.4．What is the best title of the passage?A．How to Begin a ConversationB．Relaxation and ConversationC．How to Communicate WellD．Personal Communication【答案】1．B2．D3．B4．C【分析】本文是说明文。

一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解It seems that electronic devices just keep getting smaller. Scientists in the United States have announced the creation of the first transistor with only two dimensions(二维).A transistor is a small electronic device that transfers or carries electronic current. Scientists hope these new 2D transistors will be used for building high-resolution(高分辨率)displays that need very little energy.Two groups of scientists created these 2D transistors. They report that the transistors are only a few atoms thick.Usually transistors are made with the element silicon(硅). Computer processors, memory chips, TV screens and other electronic devices contain billions of silicon-based transistors. But these very small electrical parts have certain limitations.Dimitris Ioannou is an electrical engineering professor at George Mason University. He says the traditional transistor has been improved as much as it can be. He adds that researchers have been looking for new materials with special features and they want transistors to be seen through and soft."If the layers are very thin, the transistor can become flexible, so it doesn't have to be rigid(坚硬的), like it would be in a silicon chip. So people can think of applications like wearable electronics, television screens and other things," said Ioannou.These new transistors can also carry higher current. They also can move the current much faster than traditional transistors. This is important for high-definition screens.Dimitris Ioannou says the scientific success could prove very useful in the future. "Now, how good and how useful it will be, it's still in the stage of research, but it certainly is an advance," said Ioannou.（1）Which of the following statements about the newly created transistor is TRUE?A.They are expected to be used in high-resolution displays.B.The transistors are made with the element silicon.C.They are rigid, just like traditional transistors.D.They have already been put into actual use.（2）What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?A.The traditional transistors have been changed into two-dimensional ones.B.Many of the traditional transistors have been improved over the years.C.The traditional transistor has been developed to its fullest.D.The traditional transistor has been developed quite well.（3）What is Dimitris Ioannou's attitude towards the creation of the new transistors?A.Negative.B.Neutral.C.Indifferent.D.Positive.【答案】（1）A（2）C（3）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，美国科学家发明了新的二维晶体管，介绍了新型二维晶体管的相关信息及未来前景。

高考英语阅读理解真题汇编(含答案)一、高中英语阅读理解1．阅读理解Mexico sites on an island plateau (高原) surrounded by volcanic peaks, which makes air quality a constant concern for people who live there.In April, the country took a decisive step toward improving air quality by enacting a temporary ban on private and Federal vehicles in the city. The rule forbids people from driving in the city one day each week and one Saturday each month. Electric vehicles, government service vehicles, public transport options and school buses are not included in the ban.Mexico City isn't the first urban center to be involved in car-free living. But the ban is more than an awareness-raiser. It was enacted with the direct aim of solving air pollution. In March, the city sank into a deep brown haze of smog when the pollution levels passed the 200 mark. The city ordered some 1.1m of the area's 4.7m cars off the streets and also offered free bus and subway rides.Mexico City's temporary vehicle ban raises questions about the best ways to improve urban air quality. India, whose citizens breathe some of the world's dirtiest air, has tried a variety of solutions. Earlier this year, the Indian government started a 4% sales tax on new-car purchases. Beijing also has experience with cleaning the air. The city introduced alternate-day rules in advance of the 2008 Olympic Games, which produced good results. And then there is the London congestion (拥挤) charge, introduced in 2003. The charge has had a measurable effect on air quality.For now, Mexico City — named by the United Nations as the most polluted city on the planet in 1992 — can look forward to the start of the region's rainy season, when daily showers will help lo clean the air.（1）How did Mexico ban vehicles in the city?A. By banning private and Federal vehicles one day a week.B. By forbidding private and public vehicles every Saturday.C. By limiting the number of new cars.D. By prohibiting the vehicles except public ones.（2）What did the government of Mexico do when carrying out the ban on vehicles?A. Raised the number of public vehicles.B. Offered free bus and subway rides.C. Introduced more travel options.D. Encouraged citizens to leave the city.（3）What may contribute to improving the air quality in Mexico?A. Alternate-day rules.B. Tax rises.C. Congestion charge.D. The rainy season.（4）What's the best title for the passage?A. Mexico —an Island PlateauB. A Variety of Bans on Vehicles in MexicoC. Should Cities Be Car-free ZonesD. How to Improve Air Quality【答案】（1）A（2）B（3）D（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，墨西哥墨西哥政府为了提高空气质量，在实施车辆禁令时提供免费巴士和地铁。

一、高中英语阅读理解1．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。

A large body of research has been developed in recent years to explain many aspects of willpower. Most of the researchers exploring self-control do so with an obvious goal in mind: How can willpower be strengthened? If willpower is truly a limited resource, as the research suggests, what can be done to make it stay strong?Avoiding temptation (诱惑) is an effective method for maintaining self-control, which is called the "out of sight, out of mind" principle. One recent study, for instance, found office workers less attracted to candy in the desk drawer than that on top of their desks, in plain sight.The research suggesting that we possess a limited reservoir of self-control raises a troubling question. When we face too many temptations, are we to fail? Not necessarily. Researchers don't believe that one's willpower is ever completely exhausted. Rather, people appear to hold some willpower in reserve, saved for future demands. The right motivation allows us to tap into those reserves, allowing us to carry on even when our self-control strength has been run down. High motivation might help overcome weakened willpower-at least to a point.Willpower may also be made less vulnerable (脆弱) to being exhausted in the first place.Researchers who study self-control often describe it as being like a muscle that gets tired with heavy use. But there is another aspect to the muscle comparison, they say. While muscles become exhausted by exercise in the short term, they are strengthened by regular exercise in the long term. Similarly, regular practices of self-control may improve willpower strength.The evidence from willpower-exhaustion studies also suggests that making a list of resolutions on New Year's Eve is the worst possible approach. Being exhausted in one area can reduce willpower in other areas, so it makes more sense to focus on a single goal at a time. In other words, don't try to quit smoking, adopt a healthy diet and start a new exercise plan at the same time. Taking goals one by one is a better approach. Once a good habit is in place, Baumeister says, you'll no longer need to draw on your willpower to maintain the behavior. Eventually healthy habits will become routine, and won't require making decisions at all.（1）From the studies in the passage we learn that ________.A. people have unlimited self-controlB. high motivation ensures one's successC. willpower is hardly completely exhaustedD. too many temptations often lead to failure （2）The underlined phrase "tap into" in Paragraph 3 most probably means ________. A. make use of B. run out of C. build D. increase（3）The author compares self—control to muscles ________.A. to prove the long-term effect of willpowerB. to show the significance of regular exerciseC. to argue that self-control can he easily used upD. to explain the benefits of practicing self-control（4）To develop a good habit, which of the following does the author prefer?A. "I will give up dessert and do exercise."B. "I will set three goals this new semester."C. "I will read an English novel every month."D. "I will keep myself from any temptation."【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）D（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文，列举了关于意志力的几种研究和观点，作者认为有了明确的目标，良好的自我监督和练习，就可以在面对诱惑时使意志力保持坚强。