高一上学期英语阅读理解专练文档.docx

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高一上学期英语阅读理解专练文档

高一上学期英语阅读理解专练

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MissGogerstaughtphysicsinaNewYorkschool.Lastmonthsheexplainedtooneofherclassesaboutsound,andshedecidedtotestthemtoseehowsuccessfulshehadbeeninherexplanation.Shesaidtothem,“NowIhaveabrotherinLosAngeles.IfIwascallinghimonthephoneandatthesametimeyouwere75feetaway,listeningtomefromacrossthestreet,whichofyouwouldhearwhatIsaidearlier,mybrotheroryouandforwhatreason?

”

　　Tomatonceanswered,“Yourbrother.Becauseelectricitytravelsfasterthansoundwaves.”“That'severygood,”MissGogersanswered;butthenoneofthegirlsraisedherhand,andMissGogerssaid.“Yes,Kate.”

　　“Idisagree,”Katesaid.“Yourbrotherwouldhearyouearlierbecausewhenit's11o'clockhereit'sonly8o'clockinLosAngeles.”

1.MissGogerswasteachingherclass_________.

A.howtotelephone　B.aboutelectricity　

C.abouttimezone（时区）　D.aboutsound

2.MissGogersraisedthisquestionbecauseshewantedtoknowwhether______.

A.itwaseasytophonetoLosAngeles

B.herstudentcouldhearherfrom75feetaway

C.herstudentshadgraspedherlesson

D.soundwaveswereslowerthanelectricity

3.Tomthoughtthatelectricitywas_________.

A.slowerthansoundwaves

B.fasterthansoundwaves

C.notsofastassoundwaves

D.asfastassoundwaves

4.Whoseanswerdoyouthinkiscorrectaccordingtothelawofphysics?

A.Tom's　　B.Kate's　　C.BathAandB　　D.NeitherAnorB

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ItwasMonday.Mrs.Smith'sdogwashungry,buttherewasnotanymeatinthehouse.

　　Consideringthattherewasnobetterway.Mrs.Smithtookapieceofpaper,andwrotethefollowingwordsonit:

“Givemydoghalfapoundofmeat.”Thenshegavethepapertoherdogandsaidgently:

“Takethistothebutcher（*personwhosejobissellingmeat）.andhe'sgoingtogiveyouyourlunchtoday.”

　　Holdingthepieceofpaperinitsmouth,thedograntothebutcher's.Itgavethepapertothebutcher.Thebutcherreaditcarefully,recognizedthatitwasreallythelady'shandwritingandsoondiditashewasaskedto.Thedogwasveryhappy,andatethemeatupatonce.

　　Atnoon,thedogcametotheshopagain.Itgavethebutcherapieceofpaperagain.Afterreadingit，hegaveithalfapoundofmeatoncemore.

　　Thenextday,thedogcameagainexactlyatnoon.Andasusual,itbroughtapieceofpaperinthemouth.Thistime,thebutcherdidnottakealookatthepaper,andgavethedogitsmeat,forhehadregardedthedogasoneofhiscustomers（*peoplewhobuysth.fromashop）.

　　Butthedogcameagainatfouro'clock.Andthesamethinghappenedonceagain.Tothebutcher'smoresurprise,itcameforthethirdtimeatsixo'clock,andbroughtwithitathirdpieceofpaper.Thebutcherfeltabitpuzzled.Hesaidtohimself,“Thisisasmalldog.WhydoesMrs.Smithgiveitsomuchmeattoeattoday?

”

　　Lookingatthepieceofpaper,hefoundthattherewerenotanywordsonit!

5.ItseemedthatthedogknewwellthatthepaperMrsSmithgaveit_______.

A.mightdoitmuchharm

B.coulddoitmuchgood

C.wouldhelpthebutcher

D.wasworthmanypounds

6.Thebutcherdidnotgiveanymeattothedog__________.

A.beforehefeltsurethatthewordswerereallywrittenbyMrs.Smith

B.whenhefoundthatthewordsonthepaperwerenotclear

C.becausehehadsoldoutallthemeatinhisshop

D.untilhewaspaidenoughbyMrs.Smith

7.Fromitsexperience,thedogfoundthat________.

A.onlythepaperwithMrs.Smith'swordsinitcouldbringitmeat

B.thebutcherwouldgivethemeattoitwheneverhesawit

C.MrsSmithwouldpayforthemeatitgotfromthebutcher

D.apieceofpapercouldbringithalfapoundofmeat

8.Attheendofthestory,you'llfindthat_______.

A.thedogwascleverenoughtowriteonthepaper

B.thedogdarednotgotothebutcher'sanymore

C.thebutcherwastoldnottogiveanymeattothedog

D.thebutcherfoundhimselfcheatedbythecleveranimal

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Startedin1636,HarvardUniversityistheoldestofallthemanycollegesanduniversitiesintheUnitedStates.Yale,Princeton,ColumbiaandDartmouthwereopenedsoonafterHarvard.

　　Intheearlyyears,theseschoolweremuchalike（*similar）.Onlyyoungmenwenttocollege.Allthestudentsstudiedthesamesubjects,andeveryonelearnedLatin,GreekandHebrew.Littlewasknownaboutsciencethen,andonekindofschoolcouldteacheverythingthatwasknownabouttheworld.Whenthestudentsgraduated,mostofthembecameministers（牧师）orteachers.

　　In1782,Harvardstartedamedicalschoolforyoungmenwhowantedtobecomedoctors.Later,lawyerscouldreceivetheirtraininginHarvard'slawschool.In1825,besidesLatinandGreek,Harvardbeganteachingmodernlanguages,suchasFrenchandGerman.SoonitbeganteachingAmericanhistory.

　　Asknowledgeincreased,Harvardandothercollegesbegantoteachmanynewsubjects.Studentswereallowedtochoosethesubjectsthatinterestedthem.

　　Today,therearemanydifferentkindsofcollegesanduniversities.Mostofthemaremadeupofsmallerschoolsthatdealwith（涉及）specialfieldsoflearning.There'ssomuchtolearnthatonekindofschoolcan'tofferitall

9.Fromthesecondparagraph,wecanseethatintheearlyyears,______.

A.thosecollegesanduniversitieswerethesame

B.people,youngorold,mightstudyinthecolleges

C.studentsstudiedonlysomelanguagesandscience

D.whenthestudentsfinishedtheirschool,theybecamelawyersorteachers

10.ModernlanguagestheHarvardtaughtin1825were________.

A.LatinandGreek

B.Latin,Green,FrenchandGerman

C.AmericanhistoryandGerman

D.FrenchandGerman

11.Asknowledgeincreased,collegesbegantoteach_______.

A.everythingthatwasknown

B.lawandsomethingaboutmedicine

C.manynewsubjects

D.thesubjectsthatinterestedstudents

12.Onthewhole（总的来说）,thepassageisabout___________.

A.howtostartauniversity

B.theworld-famouscollegesinAmerica

C.howcollegeshavechanged

D.whatkindoflessoneachcollegeteaches

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OnNov.18th,1908,threemenwentupinaballoon（气球）.TheystartedearlyinLondon.TheheadmanwasAugusteGaudron,andtheothertwomenwereTannarandMaitland.Theyhadabigballoonandtheywerereadyforalongway.

Soontheyheardthesea.Theywerecarryingtheusualrope（绳子）,anditwashangingdownfromthebasketoftheballoon.Attheendoftheropetheyhadtiedametalbox.Thiscouldholdwater,oritcouldbeempty.Sotheywereabletochangeitsweight（重量）.Itwasforuseoverthesea.Theywerealsocarryingsomebagsofsand.

Afterthesunrose,theballoonwenthigher.Itwentupto3,000metres,andtheairwasverycold.Thewaterintheballoonbecameice.Snowfellpastthemen'sbasket,andtheycouldseemoresnowontheground.Thementriedtothrowoutsomemoresand;butitwashard.Theytriedtobreaktheicysandwiththeirknives,butitwasnoteasy.Theworkwasslowandtheywerestillfalling,sotheyhadtodropsomewholebagsofsand.Oneofthemfellonanicylakeandmadeablackholeintheice.

Atlasttheypulledtheboxintothebasket.Itwasstillsnowing;sotheyclimbedtogetawayfromthesnow.Theyroseto5,100metres!

Everythingbecameicy.Theyweresocoldthattheydecidedtoland.TheycamedowninPolandheavilybutsafely.Theyhadtraveled1,797kilometersfromLondon!

13.Themetalboxwasusedfor________.

A.carryingthebagsofsand''

B.keepingdrinking-water

C.carryingropesofthebasket

D.changingweight

14.Whentheballoonwentuphigher,________.

A.thetemperatureoftheballoonbegantofall

B.Theysawthesungodown

C.Theymadeaholeinthebasketwiththeirknives

D.Theycouldseeablackholeontheground

15.Theballoonlanded________.

A.inLondonB.ontheseaC.onalakeD.inaforeigncountry

16.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue________

AThethreemenstartedtheirjourneybeforethesunrose.

B.Theballoonbegantogoupwhentheythrewbagsofsandoutofthebasket.

C.Whentheypulledtheboxintothebasket,theballoonbegantoclimbup.

D.Thethreemenhadtolandbecausetheyfeltcold.

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TwoAmericanscientiststoldthepeopleinindustrial（工业的）nationsthattheywouldbemuchhealthieriftheyatemoreofthesamekindoffoodseatenbyhumanslivingmorethan10,000yearsago.

Thescientistssaythatthehumanbodyhaschangedverylittlesincehumanfirstappearedontheearth，butthewaywelivehaschangedgreatly.Ourbodyhasnotbeenabletodealwiththesechangesinlifestylesandthishasledtonewkindsofsicknesses.Thesenewsicknesseswerenotknowninancienttimes.Sotheyarecalled“diseasesofcivilization（文明）”．Manycancersanddiseasesofthebloodsystem，includingheartattacksandstrokes（中风）areexamplesofsuchdiseases.

Scientistsnoted（特别指出）thatearlystoneagepeopleusedverylittlealcohol（酒精）ortobacco（烟草），probablynone.Ancientpeoplealsogotagreatdealofphysicalexercise，butachangeinfoodisoneofthemaindifferencesbetweenlifeinancienttimesandlifetoday.

Stoneagepeoplehuntedwildanimalsfortheirmeat,whichhadmuchlessfatthanfarmanimals.Theyalsoatealotoffreshwildvegetablesandfruits.Theydidnotusemilkandotherdairyproducts（乳制品），andtheymadeverylittleuseofgrains（谷物）.Buttoday，weeatalargeamountofdairyproductsandgrainfoods.Weeatsixtimesmoresaltthanstoneagepeople.Weeatmoresugar.WeeattwiceasmuchfatbutonlyonethirdasmuchproteinandmuchlessvitaminC.

Peopletodayprobablydonotwanttoliveaspeoplethousandsofyearsagodid，butscientistssaythatwewould