最新高考各地模拟英语阅读理解汇编56篇含答案.docx

1、最新高考各地模拟英语阅读理解汇编56篇含答案最新高考各地模拟英语阅读理解汇编56篇01Sometimes we may find that every week there are a lot of new stories about how climate change is affecting the planet, or new plans to battle its effects. But the concept itself isnt new at all in fact, scientists have been exploring questions about climate

2、 change for almost 200 years.The idea of “greenhouse gases” goes back to 1824, when Joseph Fourier wondered what was regulating the earths temperature. Fourier concluded that the atmosphere must be responsible for containing the heat absorbed from the sun and described it as a box with a glass lid:

3、As light shines through the glass, the inside gets warmer as the lid traps the heat. As Fouriers ideas spread, it came to be called “the greenhouse effect”.Scientists continued to study the greenhouse effect. Not until a Swedish chemist named Svante Arrhenius came along, did scientists understand ho

4、w global warming actually works. After years of work, Arrhenius determined that the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere did in fact have a direct effect on global temperatures.Arrhenius found that CO2, and other gases trap radiation, which warms the atmosphere. Arrhenius was the first to suspe

5、ct that burning coal could contribute to the greenhouse effect. But Arrhenius welcomed the warming effect on the planet. At a lecture later that year, Arrhenius noted that creatures of a warmer earth “might live under a milder sky and in less barren surroundings”.While Arrhenius findings won him the

6、 1903 Nobel Prize in chemistry, scientists kept debating whether the greenhouse effect was increasing until 1950, when researchers finally began to find strong data supporting it. By the end of the 1950s, American scientists had been sounding the alarm on the long-term consequences of climate change

7、. Climate change research has come a long way since Fourier first described the greenhouse effect still, maybe Arrhenius should have been more careful of what he wished for.1. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A. The climate change. B. The greenhouse effect. C. The atmosphe

8、re. D. The heat from the sun.2. When did the scientists first find evidence for the bad effect of global warming? A. In 1824. B. In 1903. C. In 1950. D. 200 years ago.3. Whats the authors attitude towards Arrhenius wish? A. Optimistic. B. Negative. C. Neutral. D. Ambiguous.4. Whats the main idea of

9、the text? A. Causes of climate change. B. Effects of greenhouse gases. C. Findings about global warming. D. Explorations on climate change.02Maybe its because it was our first purchase as homeowners. The salesman must have spotted just how green we were, so he began persuading. And soon he led us to

10、 a classic leather chair. All these years later, I remember he used words like rich and handsome, the thing every living room needed.So we bought that chair just less than $100, a great deal in the 1970s for a young couple!How we loved that chair! It always occupied a place of honor in our various l

11、iving rooms, moving with us from our first tiny house to our beloved new house.Somehow, conversations were better on that chair, and life was more fun around it. Three daughters spilled their secrets on it. Old friends seemed to be attracted by it on those wonderful occasions. Crazy as it sounds, th

12、at leather chair seemed to have well, powers. All for good.At first, we didnt really care that the leather was showing signs of wear or that it had lost its sheen(光泽). But in our most recent move, when the chair was moved in our new living room, it suddenly looked terribly lonely sitting close to ne

13、wly painted walls and a couple of shiny new tables.My husband and I tried but still we couldnt ignore the rough spots. Our chair had a skin disease. Even our adult kids raised eyebrows, urging us to at least remove the chair to some dark comer of the room. Neither of us could imagine such a retireme

14、nt for it.So we had an inspired idea. Wed call in an upholsterer(修理工) to give our old chair a whole new life. Our friend Joe studied the chair and then took out a simple leather conditioner. He explained that although it wouldnt work miracles, it would definitely get our weary chair looking younger

15、again. It certainly doesnt look new, but its seat and back are shining.Best of all, its back in the living room, looking like a wise old friend to the furniture around it. And, yes, there it will stay. Because some things, like some people, just deserve a happy old age.1. How did the salesman persua

16、de the author into buying the chair?A. By thinking highly of the author. B. By saying that the author was green.C. By describing how great the chair was. D. By comparing the chair with others.2. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?A. Sweet memories with the chair. B. Various functions of the c

17、hair.C. Peoples comments on the chair. D. Family activities and parties of friends.3. Why did the author finally decide to repair the chair?A. Because he was persuaded by Joe. B. Because he didnt have enough money.C. Because it showed signs of hardness. D. Because it couldnt match his new house.4. W

18、hat can we learn from the text?A. East or west, home is best. B. From saving comes having.C. It is never too late to mend. D. Old friends and wine are best. 03One day, gardeners might not just hear the buzz of bees among their flowers, but the whirr of robots, too. Scientists have managed to turn an

19、 unassuming drone (无人机) into a remote-controlled pollinator (授粉媒介) by attaching horsehairs coated with a special, sticky gel(凝胶) to its underbelly.Animal pollinators are needed for the reproduction of 90% of flowering plants and one third of human food crops. Chief among those are bees but many bee

20、populations in the United States have been in steep decline in recent decades. Thus, the decline of bees isnt just worrisome because it could disrupt ecosystems, but also because it could disrupt agriculture and economy. People have been trying to come up with replacement techniques, but none of the

21、m are especially effective yet.Scientists have thought about using drones, but they havent figured out how to make free-flying robot insects that can rely on their own power source without being attached to a wire. “Its very tough work,” said senior author Eijiro Miyako, a chemist at the National In

22、stitute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. His particular contribution to the field involves a gel, one hed considered a mistake 10 years before and stuck in a storage cabinet. When it was rediscovered a decade later, it hadnt dried up or degraded at all. “I was so surprised because it s

23、till had high viscosity,” Miyako said. The chemist noticed that when dropped, the gel absorbed an impressive amount of dust from the floor. Miyako realized this material could be very useful for picking up pollen (花粉). He and his colleagues chose a drone and attached horsehairs to its smooth surface

24、 to mimic a bees fuzzy body. They coated those horsehairs in the gel, and then controlled the drones over lilies, where they would pick up the pollen from one flower and then deposit the pollen at another one, thus fertilizing it.The scientists looked at the hairs under a scanning electron microscop

25、e and counted up the pollen grains attached to the surface and found that the drones whose horsehairs had been coated with the gel had about 10 times more pollen than those that had not been coated with the gel.Miyako does not think such drones would replace bees altogether, but could simply help be

26、es with their pollinating duties. Theres a lot of work to be done before thats a reality, however. Small drones will need to become more controllable and energy efficient, as well as smarter, with better GPS and artificial intelligence.1. What does the underlined word “viscosity” in Para.3 probably

27、mean?A. Hardness. B. Stickiness. C. Flexibility. D. Purity.2. We can learn from the passage that _.A. bees disrupt both agriculture and economyB. scientists have invented self-powered robot insectsC. bees in the United States are on the edge of extinctionD. Miyako found the special feature of the ge

28、l by chance3. A drone works best in picking up pollen when _.A. its body is made like a beesB. its GPS works more efficientlyC. some flowers are coated with the gelD. horsehairs with the gel are attached to it4. According to Eijiro Miyako, the drones _.A. are not yet ready for practical useB. may ev

29、entually replace bees in the futureC. are much more efficient than bee pollinatorsD. can provide a solution to economic depression04Deciding to get her moneys worth out of the wedding dress on which she spent over $1,000, an Australian woman has been wearing her wedding dress, a year after her weddi

30、ng.43-year-old Tammy Hall adopted a new lifestyle-anti-consumerism (反消费主义) lifestyle in 2016, after a trip to India opened her eyes to how much we as a society consumed. She decided not to buy any new clothes or footwear for a whole year after she returned home to Adelaide, in Southern Australia, an

31、d she managed to make it.But last year, as her wedding day approached, she faced a dilemma. She wanted to look good on the most important day of her life, but how could she spend a small fortune on the wedding dress she would only wear on that day?In the end I decided that if I was going to get a we

32、dding dress, Id make sure I could get my moneys worth, Hall tells PA Real Life.The first time I wore it after the wedding was to vote in the Australian election in early 2019, the 43-year-old adds. Since then, its been to all sorts of places. Wearing it on a crowded train was especially funny, but Ive worn it to do housework, to football games and to the gym.Hall says that she has gotten some strange looks from people, but no irritating comments. It may