高考英语阅读理解试题及答案解析.docx

1、高考英语阅读理解试题及答案解析Passage 1Up，Up，and Away！An adventurer who became the first person to fly across the English Channel on a cluster of balloons has launched a house into the sky just like in the hit movie Up-in reparation for a more ambitious journey and a new recordFearless Trappe，from North Carolina，s

2、tepped into the cartoon themed home before flying above the Leon International Balloon Festival in Mexico more than a week agoThe 38-year-old Trappe was using the event as a warm-up for his planned trans-Atlantic flight scheduled for next summerHe aims to complete the 2，500-mile journey in a seven-f

3、oot lifeboat carried by 365 huge helium balloonsThe brave man is learning to sail a lifeboat，in case he needs to ditch into the ocean during the danger-filled adventureHe sill fly at between 18，000 feet and 25，000 feet，beating his previous world altitude record of 21，600 feet，and must fly uninterrup

4、ted a distance ten times longer than his previous world record of 230 miles in order to succeedThe adventurer Trappe，who holds records for crossing the Alps，flying the most cluster balloons，and the longest distance，has spent his entire career，building up to this ambitious plan“I didnt wake up one da

5、y and think：I going to fly across the Atlantic，”he said“Every attempt before this was prepared for this fight，Ive been training for a long time”1The adventurer flew across the English Channel to_Atest the balloons Blaunch a houseCshoot a hit movie Dprepare for breaking a record2To finish the journey

6、，he will fly a distance of_A2500 miles B18，000 feet C25，000 feet D230 miles3About the ambitious journey，which is NOT mentioned in the passage?AWhen he will fly BHow high he sill fly CHow far he will fly DHow long it will take him4How many world records does Jonathan hold?ATwo BThree CFour DFive5What

7、 does he last paragraph imply?ATrappe cant sleep worrying about the adventureBTrappe was born to set world recordsCTrappe always keeps his ambition in mindDTrappe never thought of crossing the Atlantic beforePassage 2Every day we go to school and listen to the teacher，and the teacher will ask us som

8、e questionsSometimes，the classmates will ask your opinions of the work of the classWhen you are telling others in the class what you have found out about these topics，remember that they must be able to hear what you are sayingYou are not taking part in a family conversation or having a chat with fri

9、ends-you are in a slightly unnatural situation where a large group of people will remain silent，waiting to hear what you have to sayYou must speak so that they can hear you-loudly enough and clearly enough but without trying to shout or appearing to force yourselfRemember，too，that it is the same if

10、you are called to an interview whether it is with a professor of your school or a government official who might meet youThe person you are seeing will try to put you at your ease but the situation is somewhat different from that of a ordinary conversationYou must take special care that you can be he

11、ard1When you speak to the class，you should speak _Aas slowly as possible Bin a low voice Cloudly Dforcefully2Usually，when you speak to the class，the class is _ Anoisy Bquiet Chaving a rest Dserious3 The situation in the class is _ that in your house Anot very different from Bsometimes the same as Cs

12、ometimes not the same as Dnot the same as4If you are having a conversation with an official，the most important thing for you is _Ato show your ability Bto be very gentle Cto make sure that you can be heard Dto put the official at ease5The main idea of this passage is _Athat we should talk in differe

13、nt ways in different situations Bthat we must speak loudlyCthat we must keep silent at any timeDthat we must talk with the classPassage 3About 21，000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildingsInstead，they receive their elementary and high school education by working

14、 at home on computersThe Center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools” and that is about twice as many as two years ago The money for students to attend a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they liveSome educators say cyberschools receive mon

15、ey that should support traditional public schoolsThey also say it is difficult to know if students are learning wellOther educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speedThese people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditiona

16、l schoolsThey say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from schoolWhatever the judgement of cyberschools，they are getting more and more popularFor example，a new cyberschool called Commonwealth Connections Academy will take in students this fallIt will serve chil

17、dren in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteenChildren get free equipment for their online educationThis includes a computer，a printer，books and technical servicesParents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computers when necessaryStuden

18、ts at cyberschools usually do not know one anotherBut 56 such students who finished studies at Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School recently met for the first timeThey were guests of honor at their graduation1What do we know from the text about students of a cyberschool？AThey have to take long

19、bus rides to school BThey study at home rather than in classroomsCThey receive money from traditional public schoolsDThey do well in traditional school programs2What is a problem with cyberschools？ATheir equipment costs a lot of money BThey get little support from the state governmentCIt is hard to

20、know students progress in learningDThe students find it hard to make friends3Cyberschools are getting popular became _ Athey are less expensive for students Btheir students can work at their own speedCtheir graduates are more successful in society Dthey serve students in a wider age range4We can inf

21、er that the author of the text is _Aunprejudiced in his description of cyberschools Bexcited about the future of cyberschoolsCdoubtful about the quality of cyberschoois Ddisappointed at the development of cyberschoolsPassage 4South Africa hosted the fifth BRICS Summit in March 2013，which completed t

22、he first cycle of BRICS summits，BRICS is an acronym for the powerful grouping of the worlds leading up-and-coming economies，namely Brazil，Russia，India，China and South AfricaThe BRICS aims to achieve peace，security，development and cooperationIt also seeks to contribute to the development of humanity

23、and build a more stable and fairer worldThe industry leaders from the business communities of the five countries agreed that the BRICS countries will actively support industrialization on the African continent in order to contribute significantly to its development and to expand trade links between

24、Africa and BRICSThe global economic situation，though improving，continues to remain uncertain with the Euro-crisis a major concernThe task ahead is to build on these developments and BRICS countries remain committed to the cause of promoting sustainable growthGreater economic cooperation among BRICS

25、countries can be significantly important，which will prove beneficial for global economic growthAccording to DrRob Davies，South African Minister of Trade and Industry，the African continent is recognized as the second fastest growing continent after AsiaThere are four drivers of the economic growth in

26、 African continentThese are the boom in mineral products in the African continent，the development of the service industries，the benefit of not having the financial crisis，and infrastructure(基础设施）developmentDavies also adds that other BRICS countries have advantage of large populations providing big

27、home markets for their productsThe South African population is small compared to other BRICS countries，but if you add up numbers on continent then you have a critical mass that can support the new industrial wave in Africa：That is why the South African needs to create large trading blocks across lar

28、ge parts of African continent1“BRICS” refers to_A the most active economy group in todays worldB the most powerful economies in western worldC leading countries with fast development of humanityD the most stable and secure countries in the world2From the text we know that industrialization in Africa

29、 will_Agive financial supports to all African countriesB create trade opportunities for both Africa and BRICS C make significant development in the powerful groupsDexpand sustainable economic cooperation in different continents3The author believes greater cooperation among BRICS will_，Apromote globa

30、l economic growth Bbring more challengesCnarrow the gap of development Dsolve Europes economic crisis4Which of the following is the driver of the economic growth in Africa？_A The development of business industryB Protective exploration in mineral productsC The recovery of the infrastructureD The ben

31、efits of having no financial crisisPassage 5What makes a person a scientist？Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others？The answer is “no”It isnt the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools which makes him a scientistYou will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenterYou will probably agree，too，that knowing how to investigate，how to discover information，is important to everyoneThe scientist，however，goes one step further；he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his ques