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1、高中英语阅读理解专项练习1附参考答案高中英语阅读理解专项练习（1）附参考答案阅读理解-C At a recent class, yoga instructor Hagen taught several facial exercises designed to build up facial musclesSome women practise moves including The Lion , showing the tongue hanging out and eyes rolled upHagen encourages class members to hold the position

2、 for 60 seconds, jokingYou can do this any timeIt really helps you get a seat on the train Hagen recently published a bookThe Yoga Face: Remove Wrinkles （皱纹） with the Ultimate Natural FaceliftShe developed a workshop using facial yoga because women wanted to look their best Facial muscles become wea

3、k and flabby （松驰的） and need regular exercise to reduce wrinklesBesides The Lion, other exercises include Satchmo in which the cheeks are blown out Louis Armstrong-style, and Marilyn, in which attractive kisses are blown to strengthen mouth muscles for full and firm lips Hagen recommends facial yoga

4、for those wanting to find outer and inner beauty, saying, The emotional aspect is just as important as the physiological （生理学的）. But she doesnt rule out plastic surgery or BotoxI don t rule it out for myselfOne day I may feel like I need thatBut regardless of that, maintaining elasticity （弹性的） is ex

5、tremely important, especially if you have had Botox and plastic surgery, she said While making faces in front of strangers might frighten some, those who attended the class thought it the perfect way to fight against busy New York lifestyles Working in New York is very stressful Kathy Healey said, I

6、ts a perfect way to end the week49By saying, It really helps you get a seat on the trainHagen means that some passengers can . Apractise yoga with you Bhelp you do facial yoga Cbe frightened away Dnotice your face50Some women are turning to facial yoga because they _ Awant to escape working stress B

7、want to have a new lifestyle Ccan practise it anywhere Dwant to look best51Which of the following about facial yoga is TRUE? AIt is designed for wealthy people BIt can be useful but harmful CIt can make you feel at ease DIt is popular in the world52From the passage we can conclude that plastic surge

8、ry and Rotox _ Ahelp reduce wrinkles Bare good for womens health Cwill be replaced by facial yoga Dare natural ways to keep youngC6 2013重庆卷 CAlmost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for.We do know，however，that t

9、hey existed over 5，500 years ago in ancient Asia.The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia.It is over 5，100 years old.Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didnt become popular for a while, though.This could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carrying farm

10、ing tools and humans around.But it could also be because of a difficult situation.While wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces werent going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them.Eventually，road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situati

11、on appeared again a few centuries later.There had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modern road design.In the mid1700s，a Frenchman came up with a new design of roada base layer (层)of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones.A Scotsman improve

12、d on this design in the 1820s and a strong，lasting road surface became a reality.At around the same time，metal hubs(the central part of a wheel) came into being，followed by the pneumatic tyre(充气轮胎) in 1846. Alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmacked roads(柏油路)A

13、s wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster.64What might explain why transport wheels didnt become popular for some time?AFew knew how to use transport wheels.BHumans carried farming tools just as well.CAnimals were a good means of transport.DThe existence of transport wheels was not kno

14、wn.65What do we know about road design from the passage?AIt was easier than wheel design.BIt improved after big changes in vehicle design.CIt was promoted by fastmoving vehicles.DIt provided conditions for wheel design to develop.66How is the last paragraph mainly developed?ABy giving examples.BBy m

15、aking comparisons.CBy following time order.DBy making classifications.67What is the passage mainly about?AThe beginning of road design.BThe development of transport wheels.CThe history of public transport.DThe invention of fastmoving vehicles.【要点综述】 本文介绍轮子的演进历史。64C细节理解题。第二段最后一句说明wheels长期未能流行的缘由：动物长期

16、以来充当交通工具。65D推理判断题。短文最后一段说明路况的改良促进了车轮业的巨大发展。66C篇章结构题。该段看似举例，但这些例子均是按时间由远及近而叙述的。67B主旨大意题。该文主要介绍wheels由一般的发明物到广泛运用于交通的历史演进过程。C6 2013重庆卷 DNot all bodies of water are so evidently alive as the Atlantic Ocean, an Sshaped body of water covering 33 million square miles.The Atlantic has, in a sense, replaced

17、 the Mediterranean as the inland sea of Western civilization.Unlike real inland seas, which seem strangely still, the Atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness.It is perhaps not surprising that its vitality has been much written about by ancient poets.“Storm at Sea”， a short poem written around 700, is

18、 generally regarded as one of mankinds earliest artistic representations of the Atlantic.When the wind is from the westAll the waves that cannot rest To the east must thunder on Where the bright tree of the sunIs rooted in the oceans breast.As the poem suggests, the Atlantic is never dead and dull.I

19、t is an ocean that moves, impressively and endlessly.It makes all kinds of noiseit is forever thundering，boiling, crashing，and whistling.It is easy to imagine the Atlantic trying to draw breathperhaps not so noticeably out in midocean，but where it meets land, its waters bathing up and down a sandy b

20、each.It mimics(模仿)nearly perfectly the steady breathing of a living creature.It is filled with symbiotic existences，too; unimaginable quantities of creatures，little and large alike，mix within its depths in a kind of oceanic harmony, giving to the waters a feeling of heartbeat, a kind of subocean vit

21、ality.And it has a psychology.It has personalities: sometimes peaceful and pleasant, on rare occasions rough and wild; always it is strong and striking.68Unlike real inland seas, the Atlantic Ocean is _Aalways energeticBlacking in livelinessCshaped like a squareDfavored by ancient poets69What is the

22、 purpose of using the poem “Storm at Sea” in the passage?ATo describe the movement of the waves.BTo show the strength of the storm.CTo represent the power of the ocean.DTo prove the vastness of the sea.70What does the underlined word “symbiotic” mean?ALiving together.BGrowing fast.CMoving harmonious

23、ly.DBreathing peacefully.71In the last paragraph, the Atlantic is compared to _Aa beautiful and poetic placeBa flesh and blood personCa wonderful worldDa lovely animal【要点综述】 该文既是对地理知识的陈列，也是对文学作品的铺陈。大西洋的壮美和静态的内海迥然不同，大西洋好比是一个富有生命力且有血有肉的人。68A 细节理解和逻辑推理题。inland seas比较平静，而大西洋充满生命律动的浩瀚与同为西方文化摇篮的地中海形成鲜明的对比

24、。69C写作方法题。该诗句描写大西洋的壮美：当西风信然而至时，大西洋的波浪开始涌动，以雷霆万钧之势，凸显大西洋的磅礴气势。70A词义推断题。作者先把大西洋比作生命的律动，然后又把她的其他禀赋铺陈于后，因此该词此处应该指“共生共存”。71B写作方法题。该文通过诗词和拟人化的描写把大西洋比作有血有肉的人。阅读理解-DFor more than twenty years scientists have been searching for signs of life on other planetsMost of these searches have been done over the radi

25、oThe hope is that someone in outer space may he trying to get in touch with usScientists also have sent radio and television messages on spaceships traveling through space, on the chance that someone may be receptive to such messages Scientists are using powerful radio telescopes （望远镜） to listen to

26、signals from about 1，000 stars, all within 100 light years of earthIn addition, they will scan （扫视） the entire sky to listen for radio messages from more distant starsUsing a computer, they will be able to monitor more than eight channels at one timeScientists are looking for any signal they stands

27、out from the hack-ground noise Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy （银河星系）, scientists find that five percent are like our sunPerhaps half of them have a planet like our earthSuch a planet would be a reasonable distance from the star for temperatures to be right for the evolution of life

28、Based on the inhabitable（ that can be lived in） planets in our galaxy, most scientists agree that chances are likely that one or more of these planets support some life However, many scientists wonder whether intelligent life exists on other planetsSome believe that twenty years of searching without

29、 any intelligible messages shows that no one is out thereThey say that the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikely Other scientists believe that our search hasnt been long enough to rule out the possibility that intelligent life exists in our galaxyAlthough our sun family is only ab

30、out five billion years old, our galaxy is about 20 billion years oldIn that time, some scientists think it is likely that civilization （文明）much more advanced than ours have developedPerhaps these civilizations send us no signals; perhaps we have not recognized the signals they have sent usIf we hope

31、 to find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep looking53According to the passage, how many planets in our galaxy might be inhabitable? A5 billion B10 billion C15 billion D200 billion54The first paragraph in this passage is mainly about _ Ahow scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets Bwhy scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets Cwhere scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets Dwhen scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets55The underlined word