湖南省醴陵市高考英语阅读理解一轮选练12.docx

1、湖南省醴陵市高考英语阅读理解一轮选练12湖南省醴陵市2016高考英语阅读理解一轮选练（12）阅读理解。 Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes，fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper，when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictu

2、res? Why read the life story of a famous man，when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?Television has not killed reading, however. Today，newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get info

3、rmation and enjoymentAlthough some books with hard covers are expensive，many books are printed today as paperbacks(平装本)，which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories，for example，is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater，and you can keep a book for ever and read

4、it many times.Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every homeEvery home should have a good dictionaryA good encyclopedia(百科全书)，though expensive，is useful，too，because you can find information on any subjectBesides，you can have such books as his

5、tory books，science textbooks，cookbooks，and collections of stories and poemsThen from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.1. It can be inferred from the passage that.ATV programs are a chief provider of knowledge Bcinema

6、s are the best choice in getting informationCreading is a cheap way of learning and having fun Dnewspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself2What does the sentence“Television has not killed reading，however.”underlined in the second paragraph suggest?APeople only need reading，though. BReading is

7、still necessary today.CReading is more fun than television. DWatching television doesnt help reading.3Which of the following is mainly discussed in the last paragraph?ATypes of books. BKinds of dictionariesCLists of history books DCollections of stories and poems.4What can we learn from the passage?

8、AFewer and fewer people will buy booksBA good dictionary should be kept in every homeCBooks with hard covers sell better than paperbacks. DMore people like TV programs about famous men【参考答案】14、.C B A B阅读下列短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Last week, we explained that the planet Mars has passed “opposit

9、ion. ”It passed a point opposite the Sun. This week, we tell about the planets surprising motion(运动)among the stars. For thousands of years, people have recognized that planets travel among the stars. The planets generally follow the path taken by the Sun through the sky. The Suns path is called the

10、 ecliptic. The groups of stars along the ecliptic are called the Zodiac. The motion of the planets can be confusing at times. Everyone knows the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west. But this is caused by the turning motion of the Earth. Planets generally move from west to east. However, Mars

11、will appear to move backward for about two months this year. This happens because the Earth is overtaking Mars on its way around the Sun. Mars began its backward, or westward, motion on May 11th, It will start moving eastward again on July 19th. Mars apparent motion has been a mystery to astronomers

12、 for hundreds of years. Most early theories of the solar system argued that the Sun and planets turned around the Earth. But the sudden westward motion of Mars presented a problem. Why would Mars move west for two months when it nears “opposition”?In 1543, a Polish church worker named Nicolas Copern

13、icus published a different theory. His theory said the Earth and planets moved around the Sun in perfectly circular orbits. Copernicus theory was simpler. But his Sun centered system still did not explain the observed motion of Mars very well.Finally, a German mathematician named Johannes Kepler pub

14、lished a complete theory of the motion of the planets in 1619. He had carefully studied the motion of Mars for many years.Johannes Kepler discovered that the planets do not move in circular orbits around the sun. Instead, they travel in flattened orbits called ellipses. Mars elliptical orbit is the

15、cause of its unusual brightening this year and its apparent large size.During the next several weeks, you can see for yourself why the mysterious motion of Mars has caused so many people to wonder.63. From the passage we can learn that . A. the sun and planets generally travel westward B. Kepler stu

16、died the orbit of the planets in 1619 C. Copernicus theory well explained the motion of Mars D. the Earths turning motion causes the sun to rise in the east64. On July 19th Mars . A. will pass the “opposition” B. appears to change its direction again C. will begin to move westward D. appears to change its orbit again65. Why does Mars appear to be bigger and bri