1、高中英语 阅读理解社会类04阅读理解(社会类) Passage OneAmong the first to suggest that clocks be moved ahead to extend(延长) daylight hours during the spring and summer was Benjamin Franklin. However, it was not until March 31, 1918, more than a century after Franklins death, that Congress adopted the practice during Wor
2、ld War I, in order to save electricity. During World War I, daylight saving was also adopted(采取) in England, Germany, France, and many other countries. 1. Daylight saving means _. A. to make the clocks faster B. to make the clocks slower C. to extend daylight hours D. to shorten day hours 2. The fir
3、st to suggest that clocks be moved ahead to extend daylight hours was _. A. Benjamin Franklin B. Congress of the United States C. No one D. Newton 3. When did they put this into practice? A. World War II. B. World War I. C. More than a century ago. D. About 50 years ago. 4. Congress adopted the prac
4、tice, in order _. A. to save water B. to save electricity C. to save money D. to save time 5. Daylight saving was also adopted _. A. in England and France. B. in Germany and many other countries. C. Both A and B D. all the countriesPassage TwoFifty years ago not many people would have something repa
5、ired in their homes. In those days labor was fairly cheap and most people would have thought it worthwhile to have somebody repair their things unless they were very poor. Today, however, it is quite a different story. Men and women in all walks of life turn their hands to all kinds of jobs round th
6、e house. Some people have even successfully built their own houses. These jobs have been made easier today by using prepared materials.In every high street throughout Britain nowadays there is at least one “DIY” shop. And “Do-it-yourself” is a booming business. A lot of people visited these shops ev
7、ery day because of the high cost of present-day labor. 1. Fifty years ago if people needed some repair, they would _. A. try to mend them by themselves B. has them repaired by others C. repair them in their homes D. have somebody repair them unless they were poor 2. Many jobs have been made easier t
8、oday because _. A. some people have successfully built their own houses B. men and women turn their hands to all kinds of jobs C. they can be done by using prepared materials D. a lot of people is very hard up for money 3. From the passage we know that _. A. there are many “DIY” shops in Britain B.
9、not every high street in Britain has one “DIY” shop C. people can do nothing without using prepared materials D. “Do-it-yourself” is a lazy business in cities4. Why did a lot of people visit “DIY” shops every day? A. Because people were used to doing things at home. B. Because the present-day labor
10、was no longer cheap. C. Because they were interested in such kind of shops. D. Because they enjoyed the high cost of present-day labor.5. What is the best title for this passage? A. High Streets in Britain B. DIY C. Present-day Labor D. A Strange Business Passage ThreeSport is very popular in Englan
11、d. In other words lots of English people like the idea of sport. A lot watch sport on TV. But the number who take part in sport is quite small. On the whole English people prefer to be fat rather than thin.The most popular sport in England is football. Football is played on Saturday afternoon in mos
12、t towns and the supporters of a certain team will travel from one end of the country to the other to see their team play. There are four divisions(级别) of the football league. Not surprisingly the best teams are in the first division. But the best supporters are often in the fourth division. You have
13、 to be a good supporter to watch the fourth division football! Many other sports are also played in England, such as golf, in which you try to knock a ball into a hole; basketball, in which you try to get a ball through a net; tennis, in which you try to hit a ball so that your opponent(对手) can not
14、hit it. As you see, if the ball had not been invented, there would have been no sport. Actually, that is not quite true. Athletics(田径) isnt played with a ball; nor horseracing. Perhaps that is why they are not as popular as football! 1. _ is the most popular sport in England. A. Basketball B. Footba
15、ll C. Golf D. Tennis 2. You have to be a good supporter to watch _ division football. A. the first B. the second C. the third D. the fourth 3. Why do many English people not take part in sport? A. They are too busy. B. They like watching sport on TV. C. They would like to be fat. D. They prefers to
16、be thin. 4. Why are English people interested in sport? A. They have their football team. B. The sport games are played on Saturday afternoon. C. They like the idea of sport. D. They like the famous players. Passage FourThere have been great changes in the lives of women. During the twentieth centur
17、y there was an unusual shortening of the time of a womans life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old.
18、 By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which custom, chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a womans youngest child
19、will be fifteen when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by household appliances(家用电器) and convenience foods.This important change in womens way of life has only recently begun to have its full ef
20、fect on womens economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after
21、that age, and though women tend to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards, return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with both husband and wife accepting a grea
22、ter share of the duties and satisfaction of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home, according to the abilities and interest of each them. 1. According to the passage, around the year 1990 most women married _. A. at about twenty-f
23、ive B. in their early fifties C. as soon as possible after they were fifteen D. at any age from fifteen to forty-five 2. We are told that in an average family about 1990 _. A. many children died before they were five B. the youngest child would be fifteen C. seven of eight children lived to be more
24、than five D. four of five children died when they were five. 3. When she was over fifty, the late 19th century mother _. A. would expect to work until she died B. was usually expected to take up paid employment C. would be healthy enough to take up paid employment D. was unlikely to find a job like
25、the mother nowadays 4. Many girls, the passage says, are now likely to _.A. marry so that they can get a jobB. leave school as soon as they can C. give up their jobs for good after they are marriedD. continue working until they are going to have a baby 5. According to the passage, it is now quite us
26、ual for women to _.A. stay at home after leaving school B. marry men younger than themselvesC. start working again later in life D. marry while still at schoolPassage FiveThe World Trade Organization (WTO), founded on January 1, 1995, aims to encourage international trade to flow as freely as possib
27、le, making sure that trade agreements are respected and that any disputes(争端) can be settled.In the five years since its founding, the WTO has become well-known as one of the worlds most powerful economic organizations, taking its place alongside the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.The sy
28、stem of global rules for international trade, however, dates back half a century to 1948 when the General Agreement on Tariffs(关税) and Trade(GATT) was formed after World War .As time went by, it became clear that the GATT had two major drawbacks the limited areas of trade it covered, and the lack of
29、 an effective system to settle disputes.After seven years of trade talks ending in 1994, the so-called Uruguay Round finally gave birth to the WTO, complete with an effective system to settle disputes, and new roles covering trade in services and intellectual property(知识产权). Even after seven years o
30、f talks and 22, 500 pages of agreements there were still problems, especially the difficult-to-deal with areas of agriculture and services, which the member nations agreed to revise in 2000.The WTO, with its head office in Geneva, has 135 members with 30 more waiting to join. 1. From the passage we
31、know that the GATT stopped working _. A. soon after World Warended B. a little more than 50 years after world War C. Just in the year 1994 D. seven years before the Uruguay Round talk 2. Compared with the GATT, the WTO _. A. doesnt pay enough attention to services and intellectual property B. gets i
32、ts members to sign the agreements more easily C. has got too many areas of international trade to deal with to work effectively D. can do better to settle disputes in more areas of international trade 3. In the new century, the WTO will_. A. take the place of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund B. have more me
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