英语高考阅读理解练习和答案.docx

1、英语高考阅读理解练习和答案高考英语阅读理解专项练习（及答案）（一）It is not always easy to understand inventions and new developments in science. To understand fiber optics（光纤）, however, you can try an experiment.Put a drop or two of mile into the glass of water. Turn off the lights. Shine the light from your flashlight（手电筒） throug

2、h the top of the glass at an angle（角度） of about 45 degrees. Put a piece of white paper against the glass when the beam（光束）of light is shining. Move the paper so you can see where the beam is coming out of the glass. You should see a spot of light. Some of the light has passed through the water and t

3、hrough the glass. You see it on the paper. You also see another beam going down into the glass. It is being reflected down into the glass.Next move the flashlight so that the beam is coming straighter down (30 degrees) into the water. You will see the same phenomenon: some of the light is reflected

4、back into the glass. And some escapes out. Now move the beam of light from the flashlight slowly up until you cannot see any light escaping. This point is called the “point of total internal reflection.” The word internal means “inside.” All the light is staying inside the glass. There is no beam sh

5、owing a bright spot on the white paper. All the light energy is inside the glass.The glass of milky water is like a strand（线）of glass. A fiber optic tube is a bundle of long thin strands of glass, really many tubes. However, the principle（原理） is the same: at a certain angle, all the light energy tha

6、t goes into the glass fiber comes out the other end.Light is energy. Sound is energy. Radio waves and electricity are both energy. They can all be changed into light, and as light they can all travel along a glass fiber. Light travels at the rate of 186,000 miles per second. Therefore, a message can

7、 travel that fast in a glass fiber. This is the principle, or law of nature, that makes fiber optics work.1 Which figure shows the last step of the experiment?2 The purpose of the experiment is to tell us . Ahow fast light travels Bhow fiber optics works Chow light travels in a glass of water Dhow f

8、iber optics helps mankind3 In the experiment, makes the biggest difference. Athe angel at which to shine the light from the flashlight Bthe amount of water in the glass of milk Cthe number of drops of milk to pour into the glass of water Dthe size of the hole through which to shine light from the fl

9、ashlight4 The last step is to prove . Ano beam is shown on the white paper Bno light can be noticed inside the glass Cno reflection can be seen Dno energy is wasted5 Which of the following can be the best title? AExperiment of Light Travel BPrinciples of Fiber Optics CCommunication on Fiber Optics D

10、Theory of Light Travel（二）The young man arrived on the Massachusetts beach early carrying a radio, a shovel, and a strange set of tools: a brick layers trowel, a palette knife, spatulas, spoons, and a spray bottle.He walked down near the waterthe tide was output down the radio and tuned it to soft ro

11、ck. Then he shoveled wet sand into a pile nearly four feet high and as many feet across. Then he created a rectangular（长方形的）shape.After that, he set to work with palette knife, spatulas, and spoons. He shaped a graceful tower, topped walls, fashioned beautiful bay windows, and carved out big front g

12、ate.The man knew his sand. He smoothly finished some surfaces and embroidered（雕刻）artistic designs on others. As the shapes began to dry, he gently kept them slightly wet with water from the spray bottle, in case they might break in the wind.All this took hours. People gathered. At last he stood back

13、, obviously satisfied with a castle worthy of the Austrian countryside or Disneyland.Then he gathered his tools and radio and moved them up to drier sand. He had known for a while what many in the rapt（全神贯注的） crowd still overlooked: the tide was coming in. Not only had he practiced his art with conf

14、idence and style, he had done so against a powerful, immutable（不可抗拒的）deadline.As the crowd looked on, water began to lap at the base of the castle. In minutes it was surrounded. Then the rising flood began to eat into the base, walls fell, the tower fell, and finally the gates arch fell. More minute

15、s passed, and small waves erased bay windows and battlementssoon no more than a small part was left.Many in the crowd looked terribly sad; some voiced fears and discouragement. But the sculptor（雕塑家） remained calm. He had, after all, had a wonderful day, making beauty out of nothing, and watching it

16、return to nothing as time and tide moved on.6 In this selection, why did the sculptor start early in the day? AHe knew the tide was out on this particular morning. BIt gave time for the crowd to gather. CHe needed the sun to help dry the sand. DIt was easier to begin with only a few people around.7

17、Which of the following best shows that the sculptor was an expert? AHe attracted a large crowd. BHe created beautiful details. CHe was able to finish his work. DHe showed satisfaction on his face.8 In this selection, what does the incoming tide signal? AIt is time to begin working. BIt is the busies

18、t time of the day. CIt is the end of a days work. DIt is time for lookers-on to leave.9 How did the lookers-on react when the tide began to come in? AThey tried to save the sand castle. BThey were disappointed to see the art ruined. CThey were nervous about their own belongings. DThey helped the art

19、ist finish the castle.10The reader can tell that the sculptors reward for his work is . Apayment for his work Battention from the crowd Cfame as an artist Dpersonal satisfaction（三）Getting into the CityFrom John F. Kennedy International AirportQueens:（718)244-4444Distance to midtown:15 milesTime to m

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21、bus goes to the F line; and the B15 goes to the 3 line. Also, the Q10, operated by Green Bus Lines(718 995-4700), connects to the E,F, J, and Z lines. Bus/ subway fare is 1.5, paid in exact change, with a token, or with a MetroCard. Reader card#67.Ad on p.43.New York Airport Service(718)8758200, . O

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23、tation, 24 hours, 365 days. Look for the blue van. Reader card #123. Ad on p.39.11If you want to know more about the MetroCard, you can . Avisit . Btelephone (212)2097000 or (800) 2583826 Cread the ad on page 43 of the book Dvisit 12What do you know about New York City subway lines from the reading?

24、 AThey supply door to door transportation. BThey are directly connected with the airport. CThey run 24 hours, 365 days, marked with colors. DThey are marked with either numbers or letters.13Suppose you want to get to a Manhattan hotel in 23rd Street from the airport, youd better . Atake a bus shuttl

25、e Btake a bus by Green Bus Line Ctake SuperShuttle Dtake a subway（四）During times of trouble, Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke from a small room without a fireplace in the White House basement to millions of Americans. In his calm and conversational manner, he reassured（使恢复信心）the nation in the depths

26、of the Great Depression（大萧条）and through a World War.Saul Bellow described his own experience of listening to President Roosevelt, hold the nation together, using only a radio and the power of his personality.“I can recall walking eastward on the Chicago Midway drivers had pulled over, parking bumper

27、 to bumper, and turned on their radios to hear Roosevelt. They had rolled down the windows and opened the car doors. Everywhere the same voice, its odd Eastern accent, which in anyone else would have angered Midwesterners. You could follow without missing a single word as you walked by. You felt joi

28、ned to these unknown drivers, men and women”The nation needed the assurance of those Fireside Chats, the first of which was delivered on March 12, 1933. Between a quarter and a third of the work force was unemployed. Every bank in America had been closed for at least eight days. Its hard for us to i

29、magine. It was the hardest time of the Great Depression.The “Fireside” was symbolic（象征性的）; most of the chats came from a small room in the White House basement. Frances Perkins, Roosevelts Secretary of Labor, described the change that would come over him just before the broadcasts: “His face would s

30、mile and light up as though he were actually sitting on the front porch(门廊) or in the parlor with them. People felt this, and came to respect and love him.”In that first radio visit, Roosevelt began by explaining how the banking system worked: “When you put money in a bank, the bank does not place t

31、he money into a safedeposit vault（金库房）. It invests your money in many different forms of creditbonds, mortgages.” He went on to announce that the banks would reopen the next day.14The main purpose of the article is to . Agive examples of the power of radio broadcasting Bmake people examine their att

32、itudes toward money Csuggest that Roosevelt was Americas greatest president Dshow how Roosevelt reassured Americans during hard times15According to the article, the Fireside Chats raised the hopes of Americans because President Roosevelt . Aspoke to them in a friendly and confident tone Bexplained to them