英语高考英语阅读理解练习题及答案.docx

1、英语高考英语阅读理解练习题及答案【英语】高考英语阅读理解练习题及答案一、高中英语阅读理解1阅读理解 Off-Peak fares are cheaper tickets for traveling on trains that are less busy, offering good value for money. The tickets may require you to travel at specific times of day, days of the week or on a specific route. Where there is more than one Off-Pe

2、ak fare for a journey, the cheaper fare is called Super Off-Peak. You can buy Off-Peak tickets any time before you travel, either online or at a local station. The travel restrictions for your Off-Peak ticket will depend on the journey you are making. The tickets must be used on the date shown on th

3、e ticket. For Off-Peak return tickets, related journeys must be made on the date shown on your ticket as well. Children aged five to fifteen get a 50% discount for all Off-Peak fares. Up to 2 children under 5years can travel free with each fare paying adult. Railcard holders get 1/3 off all Standard

4、 Class Off-Peak fares. Senior, and disabled Railcard holders also get I/3 off all First Class Off Peak fares. Please note that minimum fares and time restrictions may apply to tickets bought with a Railcard. If you plan on a train trip with friends or your family, you may get group travel discounts.

5、 Three or four can travel for the price of just two adultsleaving everyone more money to spend on the day out! If you are traveling in a group of ten or more at Off-Peak times, you may be able to obtain a further discount through the train company you are traveling with. Contact the train company di

6、rectly and be aware that you may need to book tickets in advance. For more information, please visit www. nationalrail. co. uk（1）An Off-Peak ticket differs from other tickets in . A.its good value for moneyB.its convenienceC.the specific trainsD.travel schedules（2）Apart from the Off-Peak fares, you

7、may also save money by . A.becoming a VIPB.traveling at rush timeC.buying tickets onlineD.getting group travel discounts（3）What type of writing is this text? A.An announcement.B.A ticket booking guide.C.A business report.D.A travel review.【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇订票指南，介绍如何能订到更便宜的火车票。（1）细节理解题。根据

8、第一段第一句Off-Peak fares are cheaper tickets for traveling on trains that are less busy, offering good value for money.可知，非高峰期车票与其他门票相比便宜，花的值。故答案选A。（2）细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句If you plan on a train trip with friends or your family, you may get group travel discounts.可知，你也可以通过获得团体旅行折扣来节约钱。故答案选D。（3）主旨大意题。纵观全文，特别是第

9、一段第一句Off-Peak fares are cheaper tickets for traveling on trains that are less busy,offering good value for money.第二段第一句.You can buy Off-Peak tickets any time before you travel, either online or at a local station.和最后一段第一句If you plan on a train trip with friends or your family,you may get group trave

10、l discounts. 可知本文是一篇机票预订指南。故答案选B。【点评】英语阅读理解细节题具体方法与步骤：排除干扰项 ，突出主题。事实细节题的设计干扰项一般都是某一细节的错误叙述与论断，可先排除干扰项。 按文章的体裁，作者写作的组织模式及有关的信息词，如for example，first，second等预测应该到何处寻找自己所需要的事实。 快速通篇跳读，自左至右，自上而下呈Z形扫视，直到找到细节出处，待找到含细节句子时，放慢速度，仔细核对比较内容，直至找到答案。注意识别指代词语。为避免重复，文章中对多次提及的事物或现象会使用不同的词语，如同义词、近义词、代词等。2阅读理解 Automatic

11、 dishwashers have been around for more than 100 years. It started in 1886 with Josephine Cochrane, a woman in Shelbyville, Illinois. She was a rich woman who could afford servants to wash her dishes, so she really didnt mind the work. What she did mind was that her servants broke the dishes. She hos

12、ted quite a few dinner parties, and after every party the servants broke more of her expensive dishes. Finally, Cochrane took action. First, she measured her dishes and bent wire into racks to hold them. Next, she put the racks on a wheel in a large copper boiler. Then, the boiler sprayed hot, soapy

13、 water on the dishes as a motor turned the wheel. After a hot water rinse(冲洗), the dishes were clean! Josephine Cochranes friends were impressed with the machine and asked her to build more. After that, word got out fast. Soon hotel and restaurant owners who didnt like broken dishes also were intere

14、sted. Cochrane then knew that she had a wonderful machine, so she received a patent from the government, which said that only the inventor can make money from an invention. Then in 1893 Chicago held a Worlds Fair where inventions from all over the world were shown. Cochranes labor-saving machine was

15、 a big hit. Her dishwasher won the highest award. Cochranes company came out with a smaller machine in 1914. It was supposed to be for the ordinary home, but it wasnt an immediate success. Many homes couldnt produce the extremely hot water it needed. Also, in most homes, dishwashing wasnt considered

16、 very difficult compared to most other housework. In fact some people liked to relax at the sink after a hard day! Sales of the home model finally picked up in the 1950s when people had more money and wanted to have more time to enjoy themselves. Now many homes have electric dishwashers that arent v

17、ery different from the one Josephine Cochrane invented more than 100 years ago.（1）Why did Josephine Cochrane invent the dishwasher? A.To reduce the number of servants.B.To avoid possible damage to the dishes.C.To host more dinner parties.D.To make the dishes cleaner.（2）What does the underlined words

18、 in Paragraph 3 suggest? A.The machine wasnt as efficient as described.B.Josephine Cochrane could no longer keep it a secret.C.Josephines friends soon began to talk about the new machine.D.The invention drew immediate attention of the public.（3）The smaller machine became popular only when_. A.people

19、s living conditions improvedB.hot water was not neededC.housework became easierD.people had more relaxing jobs（4）Compared with Cochranes invention, modern electric dishwashers _. A.cost less moneyB.are quite differentC.wash many other thingsD.are much the same【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介

20、绍了自动洗碗机的历史由来。 （1）考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“What she did mind was that her servants broke the dishes. She hosted quite a few dinner parties, and after every party the servants broke more of her expensive dishes. ”她所介意的是她的仆人打破了餐具。她举办了几次宴会，每次宴会之后，仆人们都打破了她昂贵的餐具。为了避免打破她的餐具，后来Josephine Cochrane发明了自动洗碗机，故选B。 （2）考查句义猜

21、测。根据第三段中的“Josephine Cochranes friends were impressed with the machine and asked her to build more. ”Josephine Cochrane的朋友们对这台机器印象深刻，并要求她建造更多；以及“Soon hotel and restaurant owners who didnt like broken dishes also were interested. ”不久，不喜欢打破餐具的酒店和餐馆老板也对这个机器感兴趣。根据划线句子的前后两句可以推断Josephine Cochrane发明自动洗碗机的消息

22、传播的很快，也就表明了The invention drew immediate attention of the public 这项发明立即引起了公众的注意。故选D。 （3）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“Sales of the home model finally picked up in the 1950s when people had more money and wanted to have more time to enjoy themselves. ”在20世纪50年代，当人们有更多的钱，希望有更多的时间来享受时，这种家用模式的销售终于恢复了。也就是人们的生活条件提高了，自动洗

23、碗机才流行起来，故选A。 （4）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“Now many homes have electric dishwashers that arent very different from the one Josephine Cochrane invented more than 100 years ago. ”现在，许多家庭都有电动洗碗机，与100多年前 Josephine Cochrane发明的洗碗机没有太大的不同，因此现代洗碗机和Josephine Cochrane发明的洗碗机几乎一样，故选D。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，句义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查，是一篇科技

24、类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，并根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，从而选出正确答案。3阅读理解 Sometimes, you just cant help it. Maybe youre watching a sad movie, or thinking about the friend who moved away. Next thing you know, you feel pressure in your throat, your eyes are watering, and you have tears running down your cheeks. According t

25、o Ad Vingerhoets, a professor of psychology at Tilburg University, in the Netherlands, who is one of the few scientists in the world who have studied crying, there are three types of tears. Basal tears are the first type. They act as a protective barrier between the eye and the rest of the World. Ne

26、xt are reflex tears. They wash your eyes clean when something gets in them. Finally, there are emotional tears. These are released in response to emotional states, explains Vingerhoets. Scientists believe crying has something to do with how humans developed and learned to depend on each other. Human

27、s are very complex social creatures, says Lauren Bylsma, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania. It seems that tears serve to arouse help and support from others, She says. Vingerhoets agrees, I think that the reason why humans shed tears（流眼泪）has something to do with our childh

28、ood, he says. thats the time when we are still dependent on adults for love and protection and care. The major advantage of emotional tears is that you can target them at a specific person. Vingerhoets says this ability could have come in handy in prehistoric times, when humans were living among dan

29、gerous animals. Tears were a safer way to get attention. In this case, it is better to use a silent signal to ask for help, he says. Vingerhoets and Byhma do frequent studies to better understand why humans cry. According to Byhma, there is still much more to discover. Its surprising, she says, how

30、much we still dont know.（1）In the scientists opinion, crying is _. A.a sign of human evolutionB.a result of human kindnessC.a cause of personal growthD.a means of relying on each other（2）The underlined phrase this ability in the last paragraph refers to the ability to _. A.seek help wiselyB.aim tear

31、s at someoneC.cry emotionallyD.appeal to other people（3）From the text, we learn that Ad Vingerhoets and Lauren Bylsma _. A.hold different opinions about the causes of tearsB.think positively of the effects of tearsC.are working together to study tearsD.have learned enough about tears（4）What can be a suitable title for the text? A.The types of tearsB.The components of tearsC.The science of tearsD.The opi