1、最新 高考英语 阅读理解练习题附答案100最新 高考英语 阅读理解练习题(附答案)100一、高中英语阅读理解1阅读理解 Do you know that junk food isnt healthy? Of course you do! Do you eat it anyway? Of course you do! But a new study shows teaching adolescents about the ways food companies fool them into thinking junk food is cool can encourage kids to figh
2、t backby eating healthier. The pull of junk food can be super-strong. Its designed to tasty; which makes eating well one of the great health challenges of our time. Everyone from doctors to the government has been trying to handle it. Yet we keep eating junk food. Professor Christopher Bryan says, F
3、ood companies want you to want junk food. They spend millions of dollars coming up with new ways to promote junk food consumption. They hire scientists to make new junk food almost irresistible. They might do this, for example, by adding more sugar. Rats fed junk food for six weeks will even walk ac
4、ross a floor that gives them electric shocks just to get more of such food. Food ads often make unhealthy junk food seem healthy by featuring professional athletes, fit-looking pop stars and smiling, active teens. We thought when the students learned this, it would matter to them, Bryan says. He wor
5、ked with 8th graders at a Texas school. Half of them got a lesson Bryan created. It focused on the ways junk food is advertised, or marketed. A second group received lessons that focused on health. These lessons informed students junk food is had, and that foods like apples or carrots are a better c
6、hoice. The students learned a bad diet can lead to major weight gain, and that being overweight puts people at risk for serious diseases. They also learned how eating well now can keep you healthy when youre older. After the lessons, the kids in both groups were asked how they felt about junk food.
7、Most didnt have positive feelings about these unhealthy foods.(1)Why does the author mention the questions in paragraph 1? A.To express his doubts about junk food.B.To promote the idea of healthy eating.C.To describe the situation of junk food.D.To introduce the topic for discussion.(2)What remains
8、a great health challenge to doctors? A.Making people do more exercise.B.Making people eat healthily.C.Making people lose weight.D.Making people prefer junk food.(3)What message does paragraph 3 mainly try to convey? A.What makes junk food almost impossible to resist.B.What influences junk food can h
9、ave on consumers.C.How food companies try to get people to reach for junk food.D.Why food companies promote the consumption of junk food.(4)Which of the following words can best describe Bryans lessons? A.Shocking.B.Popular.C.Effective.D.Abstract.【答案】 (1)D(2)B(3)C(4)C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文,研究表明:让青少年了解食品公
10、司的推销方式比单纯告诉他们垃圾食品的危害更能让他们选择健康的饮食。 (1)考查推理判断。纵观全文可知本文介绍了一项研究:让青少年了解食品公司的推销方式比单纯告诉他们垃圾食品的危害更能让他们选择健康的饮食。可以推断出,文章第一段中提及那两个问题Do you know that junk food isnt healthy? 你知道垃圾食品不健康吗?Do you eat it anyway? 你仍然还吃垃圾食品? 是为了引出本文要讨论的话题。故选D。 (2)考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“Its designed to be tasty, which makes eating well one of
11、 the great health challenges of our time. Everyone from doctors to the government has been trying to handle it.”可知,垃圾食品很美味,这使吃得好成为一个巨大的健康挑战,从医生到政府每一个人都一直在努力应对这一挑战。由此可知,对医生而言,让人们吃得健康依然是一个巨大的健康挑战。故选B。 (3)考查推理判断。根据第三段中先提到“食品公司想要消费者想吃垃圾食品”,紧接着说到“它们(食品公司)花巨资想办法推广垃圾食品,它们聘请科学家制作新的垃圾食品,使人们几乎无法抗拒”,接着还举例说“它们可
12、能会往垃圾食品中添加更多的糖”。由此可以推断,作者在本段主要是想告诉读者食品公司是如何想方设法让人们去吃垃圾食品的。故选C。 (4)考查推理判断。根据第四段主要介绍Bryan给德克萨斯州的一所学校的八年级学生们上的课,再根据文章最后一段After the lessons, the kids in both groups were asked how they felt about junk food. Most didnt have positive feelings about these unhealthy foods.可知,课后当这些孩子被问及他们对垃圾食品的看法时,大多数人对这些不健康
13、的食品都不持正面的看法。由此可以推断,Bryan的课是有效的。故选C。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查,是一篇健康类阅读,考生需要准确捕捉细节信息,并根据上下文进行逻辑推理,从而选出正确答案。2阅读理解 It seems every major city and town around the world hosts an annual marathon, with thousands of athletes running a gruelling 42.1 kilometres. While many runners motivation is to beat thei
14、r personal best and cross the finishing line without collapsing, theyre also doing it for a good causeto generate funds for charity. But like other major events, the marathon also generates a massive carbon footprint. Thousands travel some by planeto the location, and waste from food packaging and g
15、oody bags gets left behind by spectators and runners. This is becoming a big issue for citieshow to host a worthwhile event, encouraging people to exercise and help charities, while protecting the environment? Several cities have developed formal plans to reduce their environmental impact and promot
16、e sustainable (可持续的) ideas. One event in Wales, for example, introduced recycling for old running kit. Its something that this years London Marathon tried to tackle by reducing the number of drink stations on the running route, giving out water in paper cups and offering some drinks in eatable seawe
17、ed capsules. They also trialled new bottle belts made from recycled plastic so 700 runners could carry water bottles with them during their run. London Marathon event director Hugh Brasner told the BBC: There are a lot of initiatives (倡议) we are using this year that we think will lead to some huge b
18、ehavioural changes in the future. Meanwhile, some people still think running a marathon could be our best foot forward in helping the planet. Dr Andrea Collins from Cardiff University told the BBC: Training for a marathon makes you more sustainable in day-to-day activities. I started walking or runn
19、ing to work every day and shunning public transport altogether. Being environmentally friendly while training sticks with you and becomes a way of life. (1)Why do many people enter for a marathon? A.To achieve their own ambitions.B.To generate a massive carbon footprint.C.To improve themselves both
20、physically and mentally.D.To challenge their personal limitations and raise money for charities.(2)What did Hugh Brasner think of this years London Marathon? A.It may bring a large profit to London.B.It saved a lot of water resources and power.C.It may improve peoples behaviour in the future.D.It ma
21、y make Londoners more friendly when running a marathon.(3)Which of the following can replace the underlined word shunning in the last paragraph? A.Damaging.B.Avoiding.C.Choosing.D.Changing.(4)What can we infer from the last paragraph? A.Running a marathon can make more money.B.Running a marathon can
22、 do great damage to the earth.C.Running a marathon can change peoples life completely.D.Running a marathon can contribute to protecting the earth.【答案】 (1)D(2)C(3)B(4)D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文,现如今,许多城市和乡镇都举办了马拉松比赛,马拉松旨在为一些公益活动募集资金,但马拉松的举办也为城市带来了环境问题。有一些城市已经采取了一些措施,来保证马拉松比赛的可持续性发展,如减少马拉松赛程中的供水站,以水囊的形式代替等等。 (
23、1)考查细节理解。根据第一段中的many runners motivation is to beat their personal best and cross the finishing line without collapsing, theyre also doing it for a good causeto generate funds for charity许多参赛的动机是打破他们的个人最好记录,同时还为了一个非常好的目的,就是为了慈善机构募款。故选D。 (2)考查推理判断。根据第二段中的There are a lot of initiatives (倡议) we are usin
24、g this year that we think will lead to some huge behavioural changes in the future.“ Hugh Brasner认为,在这几年马拉松比赛中使用的一些环保倡议会引起将来一些行为上的巨大改变,故选C。 (3)考查词义猜测。根据最后一段中的Training for a marathon makes you more sustainable in day-to-day activities. I started walking or running to work every day为马拉松做出的训练可以使人能够更加适应
25、每天的日常活动,Dr Andrea Collins也开始每天走路或跑步上下班,这样的通勤方式可以避免交通拥堵,因此可以用avoid代替shun,故选B。 (4)考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的running a marathon could be our best foot forward in helping the planet跑马拉松是在用个人的力量帮助这个星球,以及Being environmentally friendly while training sticks with you and becomes a way of life.这样做既能运动同时对环境也有帮助,成为新兴的生活方
26、式,故选D。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解,词义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查,是一篇社会现象类阅读,要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上,进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系,进行分析,推理,概括和归纳,从而选出正确答案。3Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. The history of the world is but the biography (传记) of great men, argued Thomas Carlyle, the advo
27、cate of what has come to be known as the Great Man Theory of History. This theory suggests that the broader movements and outline of history all go back to the leadership of great individuals who had unique influence on their times. Whether or not Carlyles theory proves true is debatable, but that c
28、ertain individuals cast long shadows is not. As one who is entrusted with a leadership position, I find it profitable to read of others who have led. Wherever you find me, youll likely find a good biography nearby. Why is this the case? First, I find good biographies fascinating. Ill occasionally re
29、ad a novel, but Ive never been overly drawn to fiction. I have found myself unable to sleep while in the struggle of the Battle of Britain in William Manchesters The Last Lion. For me, not to read biographies would rob me of pleasure in my life. Second, I find good biographies informative. A good bi
30、ographer tells not only the story of a person, but also of their times. Reading a good biography is like wandering through an intellectual shopping mall. The first store is what drew you there, but you will be pleasantly surprised along the way at what other items grab your attention. Youll find no
31、better account of the British Empire at its peak than the opening chapters of Manchesters Visions of Glory, volume one of his The Last Lion. Strictly speaking, a biography is but a slice of history. Third, I find good biographies relaxing. Winston Churchill once noted a man who works with his hands should have a hobby that engages his mind, and a man who works with his mind should have a hobby that engages his hands. Another way to apply Churchills saying is to combine technical, pen-in-hand vocational readi
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