英语英语阅读理解练习题20篇及解析.docx

1、英语英语阅读理解练习题20篇及解析【英语】英语阅读理解练习题20篇及解析一、高中英语阅读理解1阅读理解 Finding true love can be prey tough for a lot of people, but a lady from a fairly well-known San Francisco advertising agency seems to think money helps. She is offering $10,000 to any of her friends who can introduce her to her Mr. Right. She want

2、s to find her future husband through this way. The unnamed husband seeker who sent out the email had just finished reading the best-selling book named Lean In. It was 11 p.m. on a Sunday night and she realized this was the second self-help book she had read in the month. She was still single. Things

3、 were not looking fine, but there was hope for her still. If the book had taught her anything, it was that she needed to take a more positive role in finding love. After all, if she wanted to get a better job, she wouldnt just sit outside an employers building and wait for someone to offer it to her

4、, so why should finding a husband be any different? But instead of going out and meeting new people she decided to write an email to all her friends, offering to give them $10,000 on her wedding day if any of them managed to introduce her to her future husband. “I am writing you today because Ive de

5、cided to make an aggressive action plan on finding the man that I get to hang out with forever,” the woman writes in her email. “Introducing me to my husband is just not high on your to-do list. But I think I have an idea that might change that” You guessed it, and this is where she offers to reward

6、 her “closest friends” with cold hard cash. “I will personally give ten thousand dollars to the friend who introduces me to my husband.” Here is how the program works: Step 1: You set me up on a date with a man. Step 2: I marry that man. Step 3: I give you $10,000 on my wedding day. I know youre thi

7、nking that this is nuts. Just plain crazy. You can find a husband without giving $10,000. Well for starters, thank you! Im happy.”（1）What does the lady offer $10,000 to any of her friends for? A.Celebrating the fact that she has made a decision to find a husband.B.Checking the power of money among h

8、er circle of friends.C.Encouraging her friends to help find her Mr. Right.D.Sharing her happiness of having found true love.（2）What does the underlined word “nuts” mean in the last paragraph? A.deliciousB.sensibleC.angryD.foolish（3）Whats the purpose of the authors mentioning getting a better job in

9、Paragraph 2? A.To stress the importance of finding a good job.B.To stress the importance of taking a positive attitude.C.To show that waiting patiently is necessary to get a job.D.To state that we need to be patient before a job is offered.（4）What kind of person do you think the lady is? A.Adventuro

10、usB.ImaginativeC.ConsiderateD.Polite【答案】（1）C（2）D（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。有一位女士为了找到一个丈夫，她许诺谁给她找到了Mr. Right.就给谁$10,000。人们认为她是“傻的”，没有给$10,000也能找到一个丈夫。(1)考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“She is offering $10,000 to any of her friends who can introduce her to her Mr. Right.”可知这位女士是为了鼓励朋友们帮助她找到她的Mr. Right.故选C。(2)考查词义猜测。根据“

11、I give you $10,000 on my wedding day.”和根据最后一段中的“I know youre thinking that this is nuts. Just plain crazy. You can find a husband without giving $10,000. Well for starters, thank you! Im happy.”这位女士给帮助她找到丈夫的人$10,000。这就是了。没有给$10,000.也能找到一个丈夫。由此推知划线词的意思是“愚蠢的，傻的”。故选D。(3)考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“If the book had t

12、aught her anything, it was that she needed to take a more positive role in finding love. After all, if she wanted to get a better job, she wouldnt just sit outside an employers building and wait for someone to offer it to her, so why should finding a husband be any different?”可知提到一份好工作的目的是强调态度积极的重要性

13、，故选B。(4)考查推理判断。通读全文，我们可以知道这位女士为了找到一位丈夫，而付出一万美元，谁能帮她找到丈夫，谁就能得到这笔钱。这说明她是一个敢于冒险的人。故选B。【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，是一篇故事类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息。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。2阅读理解 Im not much of a gardener. I love having beautiful flowers-but I dont have a good track record when it comes to making them grow

14、. A few months after our son left for the Middle East, my friend gifted me a box of tulip bulbs (郁金香球茎). She explained that these bulbs were put into the ground in the fall and lay sleeping all winter. They had all the nutrients they needed inside the bulb and would come out in the spring. When you

15、see the leaves of the tiny flowers pushing toward the sun, youll know that its almost time for your son to come home. Theyll give you what you need most. She walked me through the process of planting them. I thanked her trying to show my gratitude for her gift. It was a long winter cold and dark. I

16、endured both the weather and the loneliness and fear I felt with my son away. Dead leaves, frost and finally a heavy snow covered the area where Id planted those flowers, and I soon forgot they were there. Finally the weather began to warm. One day, as I walked down my front steps, I noticed an area

17、 of green. I bent down to inspect the situation more clearly and saw that those tulips had begun to grow, their tiny leaves forcing their way to the sun. Day after day I noted the flowers progress. And day after day, the time approached when my son would finally be home. Now with spring just around

18、the corner, nothing could keep either of us from marching toward the light. Almost all of those bulbs bloomed. And with each brightly colored flower, I marked off one day closer to getting to hold my son in my arms again.（1）What can we know about the author? A.She is a professional gardener.B.She is

19、 not good at growing flowers.C.She never plants flowers at home.D.She often sends friends flowers as gifts.（2）Why did the writer forget the tulip bulbs soon? A.The bitter winter reminded her of her son far away.B.She was discouraged from making another attempt.C.They failed to live through the cold

20、and long winter.D.She had no hope for beautiful flowers indeed.（3）What were those flowers mentioned in the last paragraph referred to? A.A physical representation of the hope.B.Things deep inside her heart and soul.C.A lesson she will never forget completely.D.The trouble she had in making them come

21、 out.（4）What can be a suitable title for the text? A.A dark winter with hope.B.Planting hope in winter.C.An area of green in spring.D.Living a changeable life.【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者的儿子去了中东，作者感到孤独和寂寞。一位朋友送来了一盒郁金香球茎，这种花的种植，给作者带来了希望。 （1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Im not much of a gardener. I lov

22、e having beautiful flowers-but I dont have a good track record when it comes to making them grow.”我不是个好园丁，我喜欢漂亮的花，但我在种植方面没有良好的记录，可知，作者虽然喜欢花，但不擅长种花。故选B。 （2）考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“It was a long winter cold and dark Dead leaves, frost and finally a heavy snow covered the area where Id planted those flowers, an

23、d I soon forgot they were there.”那是一个漫长的冬天又冷又黑枯叶、霜和最后那场雪覆盖了我种那些花的地方，我很快救忘记了它们的存在，可知，冬天很冷、很长，故推测作者忘记它们是因为觉得它们熬不过这个冬天，即没对它们抱有希望。故选D。 （3）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“Day after day I noted the flowers progress. And day after day, the time approached when my son would finally be home. ”我日复一日的关注这花的成长。一天又一天我的儿子终于要回家了；以

24、及“And with each brightly colored flower, I marked off one day closer to getting to hold my son in my arms again. ”每开一朵色彩鲜艳的花，都标志着我离再次把儿子抱在怀里的日子又近了一天，可知，每开一朵花就代表作者儿子的归来近了一天，即花就是儿子回来的希望。故选A。 （4）考查主旨大意。根据第二段中的“She explained that these bulbs were put into the ground in the fall and lay sleeping all wint

25、er. They had all the nutrients they needed inside the bulb and would come out in the spring. When you see the leaves of the tiny flowers pushing toward the sun, youll know that its almost time for your son to come home. ”她说这些郁金香球茎秋天种下，整个冬天都在土里。它们的球茎内有生长所需的营养物质，到了春天的就会从土里出来。当你看到这些小花的叶子朝着太阳的方向生长时，你就知道

26、你的儿子差不多该回家了，可知，本文主要讲述了冬天种下的郁金香球茎在春天会长出来，这也意味着作者的儿子快要回来，即花代表着作者儿子回来的希望。B故选B。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和主旨大意两个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，同时根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。3阅读理解 It has been discovered that after the age of sixteen, the number of our brain cells begins to decrease at a speed of several million a year

27、. They simply die off. In certain types of activity, the human brain is at its highest point in the early twenties, when it has collected enough information to be able to use the vast number of cells freely in the most effective way. Pure mathematics is one of the fields in which this happens, and w

28、e know that Albert Einstein made all his world-shaking discoveries between the age of about 20 and 25, and spent the rest of his life tidying them up and arranging them. But in certain other types of activity (of which being an author is perhaps one), experience is more important than sharpness of b

29、rain, and there one usually finds that a person reaches his or her peak much later in life. Besides sharpness of brain and experience, here is another thing that is very important, and that is wisdom. One can have a very quick, inventive brain and plenty of experience, but if one uses these foolishl

30、y, one harms both oneself and others. Wisdom does not always come with age there are plenty of foolish middle-aged people about but the average person tends to learn wisdom as he gets older, usually by making painful of embarrassing mistakes. Leaning to be wise is basically learning what is not poss

31、ible; and what is possible but so difficult that it is not worth all the trouble one has to go through to get there. Mostly, it is learning about human nature; how real people behave and react, as against how one would like them to behave and react. One can read and hear lot of idealistic stuff about how to make the world a better place, which would be found if it was based on an accurate observation of human nature, but which is basically a waste of time because it is not.（1）According to the writer, the great discoveries m