高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练Day 11.docx

1、高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练Day 11高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练Day 11Passage 1Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If

2、 he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox （喋喋不休的人）. He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly,

3、 but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure （蜡塑人像）. The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is

4、 as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito （蚊子）. But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought t

5、o take part in the buzzing with his neighbours. Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are m

6、erely allowed to go on making a noise into other peoples ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of an evening during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove them

7、selves to be successful conversationists. 1. According to the author, people make conversation to _. A. exchange ideas B. prove their value C. achieve success in life D. overcome their fear of silence 2. By “the buzzing of a fly” （Para. 1）, the author means “_”. A. the noise of an insect B. a low wh

8、ispering sound C. meaningless talks D. the voice of a chatterbox 3. According to the passage, people usually talk to their neighbors _. A. about whatever they have prepared B. about whatever they want to C. in the hope of learning something new D. in the hope of getting on well 4. What is the author

9、s purpose in writing the passage? A. To discuss why people like talking about weather. B. To encourage people to join in conversations. C. To persuade people to stop making noises. D. To explain why people keep talking.Passage 2How many people have I met who have told me about the book they have bee

10、n planning to write but have never yet found the time? Far too many. This is life, all right, but we do treat it like a rehearsal （排演） and, unhappily, we do miss so many of its best moments. We take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families always making ourselves believe that this style

11、 of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to do. Then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly presented with a clock and several grandchildren and we look back and realize that all those years waiting for Real Life to come along were in fact real life. In America th

12、ey have a saying much laughed at by the English: “Have a nice day” they speak slowly and seriously in their shops, hotels and sandwich bars. I think it is a wonderful phrase, reminding us, in effect, to enjoy the moment: to value this very day. How often do we say to ourselves, “Ill take up horse-ri

13、ding （or golf, or sailing） as soon as I get a higher position,” only to do none of those things when I do get the higher position. When I first became a reporter I knew a man who gave up a very well paid respectable job at the Daily Telegraph to go and edit a small weekly newspaper. At the time I wa

14、s astonished by what appeared to me to be his completely abnormal （反常的） mental state. How could anyone turn his back on Fleet Street in central London for a small local area?I wanted to know. Now I am a little older and possibly wiser. I see the sense in it. In Fleet Street the man was under continu

15、al pressure. He lived in an unattractive London suburb and he spent much of his life sitting on Southern Region trains. 1. The first paragraph of the passage tells us that _. A. we always try to find some time to write a book B. we always make plans but seldom fulfill them C. we always enjoy many of

16、 lifes best moments D. we always do what we really want to do 2. The underlined phrase “turn his back on” （Paragraph 6） most probably means _. A. leave for B. return to C. give up D. rely on 3. The man （Paragraph 6） left his first job partly because he was _. A. in an abnormal mental state B. under

17、too much pressure C. not well paid D. not respected 4. What is probably the best title for the passage? A. Provide Homes For Our Family B. Take Up Horse-riding C. Value This Very Day D. Stay AlivePassage 3One day your pocket might power your smartphone. Soon you may never have to worry about your sm

18、artphone running out of juice. Your clothing will simply power it back up for you. Thats the word from scientists at Chinas Chongqing and Jinan Universities in a study just published in the journal ACS Nano. Researchers have been hard at work during the last few years trying to create wearable energ

19、y, or clothes that can charge things. The assumption is simple. People today rely heavily upon devices such as smartphones and tablets. And theyre looking for ways to recharge these devices on the go. So if you could design clothing fabric that could make use of solar power -one of the most widely a

20、vailable and inexhaustible renewable energy sources - youd be able to charge your various devices with ease. Scientists have had some past success creating energy-harvesting fibers. But there was always one problem when they tried to fashion these threads into self-powered smart clothes： The fibers

21、they designed got damaged during the clothing manufacturing process, namely during the weaving and cutting. The Chongqing and Jinan University scientists say theyve solved this problem because the energy-collecting and energy-storing threads they created are highly flexible - each individual thread

22、is easily bendable, and not simply the fabric as a whole. The teams sample textile can be fully charged to 1. 2 volts in 17 seconds by exposure to sunlight - enough voltage that your future smart T-shirt or smart dress might be able to power small electronics. Its durable, too; their research showed

23、 there was no descent in the fabric after 60 days. But dont worry that this means the fabric is similar to rough cloth. The scientists note their textile can be fashioned into numerous different patterns, and tailored into any designed shape, without affecting performance. 1. What does the underline

24、d phrase running out of juice in Paragraph 1 mean？ _A. Being lacking in energy. B. Wanting to have some juice. C. Being picked out of a drink. D. Having some water running out. 2. Why could smart dress charge a phone？ _A. A solar cell is attached to the dress. B. The fabric of the textile contains c

25、urrent. C. The fabric of the textile is easily bendable. D. The fabric of the textile could collect and store the solar energy. 3. What is the scientists attitude towards the scientific technology？ _A. Optimistic. B. Pessimistic. C. Neutral. D. Doubtful. 4. This passage is written to _. A. persuade

26、readers to buy new clothesB. inform readers of the ways to use their devicesC. introduce new wearable energy to readersD. remind readers to wear smart clothesPassage 4British writer John Donne once said: “No man is an island; every book is a world. “As an enthusiastic reader, I cant agree with the l

27、atter part of the sentence more. Every summer, I endeavor to find some peaceful places where I can attack some classics without being disturbed. Thomas Hardy wants to live far from the madding crowd. I am no friend to chaos, either. I read George Orwells 1984 in a New England beachside cottage with

28、no locks on the doors, no telephones or televisions in the rooms. 1984 is a good book that needs deep reflection. Attempting Sound and Fury lying on the bed of a poorly-occupied motel, however, was less fruitful: I made it through one and a quarter volumes, but then my eyelids were so heavy that I c

29、ouldnt keep them open. But this summer I find myself at a loss. Im not quite interested in J. D. Salinger, say, or Frankenstein. Theres always War and Peace which Ive covered some distance several times, only to get bogged down in the “War” part, set it aside for a while, and realize that I have to

30、start over from the beginning again, having forgotten everyones name and social rank. How appealing to simply fall back on a favoriteonce more into The Call of the Wild or Alice in the Wonderland, which feels almost like cheating, too exciting and too much fun to properly belong to serious literatur

31、e. And then theres John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath. This title does not amaze but confuse. Were never short of sour grapes, but weve never heard of angry grapes. Anyway grapes are my favorite fruit of summer. These stone fruits can always make me feel cheerful and peaceful all at once. 1. What c

32、an we infer from Paragraph 2?A. The author has a cottage in New England. B. 1984 is a book that needs careful thought. C. Both of the reading attempts were not fruitful. D. Sound and Fury was set in a poorly-occupied motel. 2. What does the underlined phrase “get bogged down” in paragraph 3 refer to?A. Get confused. B. Be carried away. C. Be interpreted. D. Make no progress. 3. Why does the author say reading his favori