高考英语阅读理解专题训练30篇含答案.docx

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高考英语阅读理解专题训练30篇含答案

阅读理解专题

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

A

Fora400-year-oldartform,operahadabadfame:

overweightactressessingingthewordswhichwerehardtounderstandinoneofthoseromancelanguagesyouweresupposedtolearninhighschool．Andwithticketscostingasmuchas$145aperformance,operagoersalsohadacertainappearanceinpeople'smind:

rich,well-dressedandold．

Butnowoperacompaniesaroundthecountryarelooseningtheirtiesandkickingofftheirshoesinanattempttokeepoperaaliveandtakeittoayoungerandnotsowealthyaudience．

Operaproducershavefoundthattoattractthiscrowd,theyneedtomaketheoperaclosertocommonpeople．Becauseyoungpeopledon'torwon'tcometotheopera,companiesarebringingtheoperatothem,givingperformancesinsuchunusualplacesasparks,librariesandpublicschools．

TheHoustonGrandOpera'schoiceisthepubliclibrary,whereitperforms“mobileoperas”shortenedversions（剧本）ofchild-friendlyoperas．Thissummer'sproductionisHansel＆Gretel．Byperformingsmallerversionsoflargeproductions,producersareabletomakepeopleinterestedwhilekeepingcostsatareasonablelevel．TheSanFranciscoOpera,whichwillbecelebratingits75thanniversarythisyear,isstagingCinderellafreeofcharge,keepingcostsdownbyemployingstudentsfromitsYoungArtists'TrainingProgram．

1．Whichisthemainideaofthispassage？

A．Operaisfamousforitslonghistory．

B．Operaisonlyperformedforrichpeople．

C．Operacompaniesaretryingtokeepoperaalive．

D．Youngpeoplearenotinterestedinopera．

2．Theunderlinedphraseinthesecondparagraphmeans______．

A．breakinguptheoldrulesB．changingthedresses

C．makingtheaudienceateaseD．advertisingthemselves

3．Operacompaniesprefertoperformshortversionsbecause______．

A．theycanbeperformedinpubliclibraries

B．shortversionsareeasytoperform

C．itishardtofindlongversions

D．theycanmakemorepeoplecometoopera

B

Haveyoueverpickedajobbasedonthefactthatyouweregoodatitbutlaterfounditmadeyoufeelveryuncomfortableovertime?

Whenyouselectyourcareer,there'sawholelotmoretoitthanassessingyourskillsandmatchingthemwithaparticularposition．Ifyouignoreyourpersonality,itwillhurtyoulong-termregardlessofyourskillsorthejob'spay．Thereareseveralareasofyourpersonalitythatyouneedtoconsidertohelpyoufindagoodjob．Hereareafewofthosemainareas;

1）Doyoupreferworkingaloneorwithotherpeople?

Thereareisolating（使孤立）jobsthatwilldriveanoutgoingpersoncrazyandalsointeractivejobsthatwillmakeashypersonuneasy．Mostpeoplearenotextremesineitherdirectionbutdohaveatendencythattheyprefer．Therearealsopositionsthataresometimesacombinationofthetwo,whichmaybebestforsomeoneinthemiddlewhoadaptseasilytoeithersituation．

2）Howdoyouhandlechange?

Mostjobsthesedayshavesomeelementsofchangetothem,butsomearemorethanothers．Ifyouneedstabilityinyourlife,youmayneedajobwherethechangesdon'thappensooften．Otherpeoplewouldbeboredofthesamedailyroutine．

3）Doyouenjoyworkingwithcomputers？

Idoseethisasakindofpersonalitycharacteristic．Therearepeoplewhoarehappytospendmorethan40hoursaweekonacomputer,whilethereareotherswhoneedalotofhumaninteractionthroughouttheday．Again,theseareextremesandyou'lllikelyfindalotofpositionssomewhereinthemiddleaswell．

4）Whattypeofworkenvironmentdoyouenjoy？

Thiscanrangefrombeinginalargebuildingwithalotofpeopleyouwon'tknowimmediatelytoasmallersettingwhereyou'llgettoknowalmostallthepeopletherefairlyquickly．

5）Howdoyouliketogetpaid?

Somepeoplearemotivatedbythepaytheyget,whileothersfeeltoostressedtobelikethat．Thevarietyofpaymentdesignsinthesalesindustryisatypicalexampleforthis．

Anyway,theseareagreatstartingpointforyou．I'veseenitoverandoveragainwithpeoplethattheymakemoremoneyovertimewhentheydosomethingtheylove．Itmaytakeyoualittlelonger,butmakingamovetodowhatyouhaveapassionforcanchangethecourseofyourlifeforthebetter．

4．Whatisunnecessaryinyourjobhunting?

A．Assessingyourskills

B．Goingtodifferentareas

C．Matchingyourskillswithaposition

D．takingyourpersonalityintoconsideration

5．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A．Isolatingjobsusuallydrivepeoplemad．

B．Interactivejobsmakepeopleshyeasily．

C．Extremepeopletendtoworkwithothers．

D．Almosteveryonehasatendencyinjobs．

6．Whatisthemissingwordaboutajobsearchinthefollowingchart?

A．Design．B．Changes．C．Cooperation．D．Hobbies．

7．Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?

A．LifestylesandJobPayB．JobsandEnvironment

C．JobSkillsandAbilitiesD．PersonalitiesandJobs

C

Asthehumanbrainevolved,humanswereabletolaughbeforetheycouldspeak,accordingtoanewstudy．Buthere’sthepunchline:

Laughterandjoyarenotuniquetohumans,thestudysays．Ancestralformsofplayandlaughterexistedinotheranimalslongbeforehumansbeganlaughing．

“Humanlaughterhasitsrootsinouranimationpast,”saidJaakPanksepp,aprofessorofpsychobiologyatBowlingGreenStateUniversityinOhio．Panksepphasstudiedratsandfoundthatwhenthey“play,”theyoftenchirp（唧唧叫）–anearly–stageformoflaughter,accordingtothescientist．InanarticletobepublishedtomorrowinthejournalScience,hemakestheargumentthatanimallaughteristhebasisforhumanjoy．

Instudyinglaughter,scientistshavefocusedmostlyonrelatedissues–humor,personality,healthbenefits,socialtheory–ratherthanlaughteritself．Newresearch,however,showsthat“circuits”（电路）forlaughterexistinveryancientregionsofthehumanbrain．Ashumanshaveincludedlanguageintoplay,wemayhavedevelopednewconnectionstojoyouspartsofourbrainsthatevolvedbeforethecerebralcortex（大脑皮层）,theouterlayerassociatedwiththoughtandmemory．

Thereisplentyofevidencethatmanyothermammalsmakeplaysounds,whicharelikehumanlaughter．Indeed,animalsarecapableofmanyemotionalfeelings,justlikehumans,somescientistssay．"Therecognitionbyneuroscientists（神经系统科学家）thatthebrainsystemsforpain,pleasure,andfeararethesameinhumansandothermammalsunderlineoursimilaritytootherspeciesandisextremelyimportant,"saidTecumsehFitch,apsychologylecturerattheUniversityofSt．AndrewsinScotland．Ina2003studyPankseppandBowlingGreenStateUniversityneurobiologistJeffBurgdorfshowedthatifratsaretickled（呵痒）inaplayfulway,theyreadilychirp．Ratsthatweretickleddevelopedarelationshipwiththeresearchersandbecamerapidlyconditionedtoseektickles．Understandingthechirpingoftheratsmayhelpscientistsbetterunderstandhumanlaughter．

RobertProvine,apsychologyprofessorattheUniversityofMarylandinBaltimore,agreesthereisanevolutionarycontinuityoflaughter．"Itsoriginisinticklingplay,"hesays．Provinehasstudiedchimpanzeesandfoundalinkbetweentheirlaughter-likenoisesandhumanlaughter．"Laughterisactuallythesoundofplay,withtheoriginal’pant–pant’（喘气）-theheavybreathingofphysicalplay-becomingthehuman‘ha-ha,’”Provinesaid．Bystudyingtheshiftfromthepantingofchimpstothehumanha-ha,hediscoveredthatbreathcontrolisthekeytotheappearanceofbothhumanlaughterandspeech．

8．The2003studyaboutratsbeingtickledarementionedinparagraph4inordertoshowthat．

A．ratsaresuchsmartaromasthattheycanlaughlikehumans

B．animalshaveemotionalfeelingsashumanbeingsdo

C．animals'emotionalfeelingsarenowwidelyrecognized

D．ticklinganimalscanhelpanimalsdeveloptheabilityoflaughter

9．Accordingtothetext,whatisthemostspecialaboutJaakPanksepp'sresearch?

A．Itfocusesonanimals'influenceonhumanlaughter．

B．People'spersonalitiesareinvolvedintheresearch．

C．Theresearchstudieshumanbrainaswell．

D．Theresearchdealswithlaughteritself．

10．Wecaninferfromtheabovetextthat____________．

A．TecumsehFitchandRobertProvinedisagreewitheachotheronlaughter

B．rats’chirpingandchimp’spantingarebasicallythesame

C．mostanimalsareabletolaughbutneedtobetrainedfirst

D．humanbeingshavenowfullyunderstoodanimals’behaviors

CADBDCDBDB

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

Howoftendoyoutravelbyplane?

Howmuchelectricitydoyouuse?

Thesedayseveryoneisworriedaboutthesizeoftheircarbonfootprint．Inordertoreduceglobalwarmingweneedtomakeourcarbonfootprintssmaller．ButhowmuchCO2areweresponsiblefor?

AnewbookbyMikeBernersLee（aleadingexpertincarbonfootprint）mightbeabletohelp．Howbadarebananas?

TheCarbonFootprintofEverythinglooksatthedifferentthingswedoandbuy,andcalculatestheamountofCO2allofthefollowingcreated:

theingredients,theelectricityusedinthebrewery,theequipment,thetravelandcommutingofthebeer,andthepackaging．It’samazinghowmanydifferentthingsneedtobeincludedineachcalculation．Andit’sfrighteninghowmuchcarbondioxideeverythingproduces．

Butallofthiscanhelpusdecidewhichbeertodrink．FromBerners-Lee’scalculations,it’sclearthatapint（568ml）oflocally-brewedbeerhasasmallercarbonfootprintthanabottleofimportedbeer．Thisisbecausetheimportedbeerhasbeentransportedfromfaraway,anditusesmorepackaging．Thelocalbeeronlyproduces300gofCO2,buttheimportedbeerproduces900g!

So,onepintoflocalbeerisbetterfortheenvironmentthanthreecansofcheap