湖南省醴陵市高考英语阅读理解一轮选练12.docx

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湖南省醴陵市高考英语阅读理解一轮选练12

湖南省醴陵市2016高考英语阅读理解一轮选练（12）

阅读理解。

Somepeoplethinkthatasmoreandmorepeoplehavetelevisionsintheirhomes，fewerandfewerpeoplewillbuybooksandnewspapers.Whyreadanarticleinthenewspaper，whentheTVnewscanbringyoutheinformationinafewminutesandwithpictures?

Whyreadthelifestoryofafamousman，whenashorttelevisionprogramcantellyouallthatyouwanttoknow?

Televisionhasnotkilledreading,however.Today，newspaperssellinverylargenumbers.Andbooksofeverykindaresoldmorethaneverbefore.Booksarestillacheapwaytogetinformationandenjoyment．Althoughsomebookswithhardcoversareexpensive，manybooksareprintedtodayaspaperbacks（平装本），whicharequitecheap.Apaperbackcollectionofshortstories，forexample，isalwayscheaperthananeveningatthecinemaorthetheater，andyoucankeepabookforeverandreaditmanytimes.

Booksareawonderfulproviderofknowledgeandpleasureandsometypesofbooksshouldbeineveryhome．Everyhomeshouldhaveagooddictionary．Agoodencyclopedia（百科全书），thoughexpensive，isuseful，too，becauseyoucanfindinformationonanysubject．Besides，youcanhavesuchbooksashistorybooks，sciencetextbooks，cookbooks，andcollectionsofstoriesandpoems．Thenfromtimetotimeyoucantakeabookofpoemsoffyourshelvesandreadthethoughtsandfeelingsofyourfavoritepoets.

1.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat＿＿＿.

A．TVprogramsareachiefproviderofknowledge

B．cinemasarethebestchoiceingettinginformation

C．readingisacheapwayoflearningandhavingfun

D．newspapersareanexpensivewaytoenjoyoneself

2．Whatdoesthesentence“Televisionhasnotkilledreading，however.”underlined

inthesecondparagraphsuggest?

A．Peopleonlyneedreading，though.B．Readingisstillnecessarytoday.

C．Readingismorefunthantelevision.D．Watchingtelevisiondoesn’thelpreading.

3．Whichofthefollowingismainlydiscussedinthelastparagraph?

A．Typesofbooks.B．Kindsofdictionaries．

C．Listsofhistorybooks．D．Collectionsofstoriesandpoems.

4．Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A．Fewerandfewerpeoplewillbuybooks．

B．Agooddictionaryshouldbekeptineveryhome．

C．Bookswithhardcoverssellbetterthanpaperbacks.

D．MorepeoplelikeTVprogramsaboutfamousmen．

【参考答案】1—4、.CBAB

阅读下列短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Lastweek,weexplainedthattheplanetMarshaspassed“opposition.”ItpassedapointoppositetheSun.Thisweek,wetellabouttheplanet’ssurprisingmotion（运动）amongthestars.

Forthousandsofyears,peoplehaverecognizedthatplanetstravelamongthestars.TheplanetsgenerallyfollowthepathtakenbytheSunthroughthesky.TheSun’spathiscalledtheecliptic.ThegroupsofstarsalongtheeclipticarecalledtheZodiac.

Themotionoftheplanetscanbeconfusingattimes.EveryoneknowstheSunrisesintheeastandsetsinthewest.ButthisiscausedbytheturningmotionoftheEarth.Planetsgenerallymovefromwesttoeast.

However,Marswillappeartomovebackwardforabouttwomonthsthisyear.ThishappensbecausetheEarthisovertakingMarsonitswayaroundtheSun.Marsbeganitsbackward,orwestward,motiononMay11th,ItwillstartmovingeastwardagainonJuly19th.

Mars’apparentmotionhasbeenamysterytoastronomersforhundredsofyears.MostearlytheoriesofthesolarsystemarguedthattheSunandplanetsturnedaroundtheEarth.ButthesuddenwestwardmotionofMarspresentedaproblem.WhywouldMarsmovewestfortwomonthswhenitnears“opposition”?

In1543,aPolishchurchworkernamedNicolasCopernicuspublishedadifferenttheory.HistheorysaidtheEarthandplanetsmovedaroundtheSuninperfectlycircularorbits.Copernicus’theorywassimpler.ButhisSun–centeredsystemstilldidnotexplaintheobservedmotionofMarsverywell.

Finally,aGermanmathematiciannamedJohannesKeplerpublishedacompletetheoryofthemotionoftheplanetsin1619.HehadcarefullystudiedthemotionofMarsformanyyears.

JohannesKeplerdiscoveredthattheplanetsdonotmoveincircularorbitsaroundthesun.Instead,theytravelinflattenedorbitscalledellipses.Mars’ellipticalorbitisthecauseofitsunusualbrighteningthisyearanditsapparentlargesize.

Duringthenextseveralweeks,youcanseeforyourselfwhythemysteriousmotionofMarshascausedsomanypeopletowonder.

63.Fromthepassagewecanlearnthat.

A.thesunandplanetsgenerallytravelwestward

B.Keplerstudiedtheorbitoftheplanetsin1619

C.Copernicus’theorywellexplainedthemotionofMars

D.theEarth’sturningmotioncausesthesuntoriseintheeast

64.OnJuly19thMars.

A.willpassthe“opposition”B.appearstochangeitsdirectionagain

C.willbegintomovewestwardD.appearstochangeitsorbitagain

65.WhydoesMarsappeartobebiggerandbri