2017年高考英语阅读理解练习题
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
As a Fulbright（富布莱特法案基金）scholar at Yale, I
wanted very much to get some
individual help
from some famous professors, but their office-
hours were only once a week and
there were
always students waiting outside. At first, I was
too polite to get their help. Then I
realized
that Chinese politeness does not work in this
society. I needed to be aggressive(好胜的)
to get
what I wanted. I also noticed that Chinese
students or Asian students were very polite in
class while American students often
interrupted the professor, asking questions and
dominating
the discussion. The Chinese
students were not as aggressive as American
students.
I was impressed by the role of the
professor in the class. The professor didn’t act
as an
authority(权威), giving final conclusions,
but as a researcher looking for answers to
questions
together with the students. One
linguistic feature of his interacting with his
students was that he
used many modal
(情态)verbs-far more than I did in Beiwai. When
answering questions, he
usually said: “this is
my personal opinion and it could be wrong. It
would be a good idea if you
could read the
book I mentioned the other day.” Or,“ You may find
the book I recommended
helpful.” Or,“You could
be right, but you might find this point of view
also interesting.” When
making comments in
students’performances, the professor usually
said:” It might have been
much clearer if you
had taken in some of the ideas we discussed
earlier this semester.”
In China, authorities
are always supposed to give wise decisions and
correct directions.
Therefore students always
expect the professor to give an answer to the
question. I still
remember how annoyed they
were when foreign teachers did not provide such an
answer. Their
expectations from authorities
are much higher than those of American students.
Once the
Chinese students got the answer, they
were sure about it. That is why they make far more
certain
statement than American students. That
is why Chinese students find it difficult to use
modal
verbs because the function of modal
verbs is to provide room for negotiation and
different ideas.
ing to the author, American
students ______.
A. tend to offend others
in class
B. show no respect for their
teachers in class
C. are more active than
Asian students in class
D. are more polite
than Asian students in class
2. The American
professors use many modal verbs because they want
to______.
A. argue with their students
B. be more sure about their answers
C.
express their ideas more clearly
D. develop
their students’ own way of thinking
3. Which
of the following statements best expresses the
author’s idea?
A. Chinese professors can
always give correct answer to the question.
B. American professors are not responsible since
they don’t give students answers.
C.
American education produces aggressive students.
D. Education in China is not helpful in
developing students’ creativity.
4. Which of
the following methods did the author mainly employ
in developing the article?
A. Comparison and
contrast. B. Cause and effect.
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C. Giving examples. D.
Description.
5. What is the author’s attitude
towards education in U.S.?
A. Positive
B. Negative（否定的）
C. Neutral（中立的）
D. Unsure
B
So long as teachers fail to distinguish
between teaching and learning, they will continue
to undertake to do for which only children
can do for themselves. Teaching children to read
is
not passing reading on to them. It is
certainly not endless hours spent in activities
about
reading. Douglas insists that
do the
impossible.
Teaching and learning are two
entirely different processes. They differ in kind
and function.
The function of teaching is to
create the conditions and the climate that will
make it possible for
children to devise the
most efficient system for teaching themselves to
read. Teaching is also
public activity: It can
be seen and observed.
Learning to read
involves all that each individual does not make
sense of the world of
printed language. Almost
all of it is private, for learning is an
occupation of the mind, and that
process is
not open to public scrutiny. If teacher and
learner roles are not interchangeable, what
then can be done through teaching that will
aid the child in knowledge. Smith has one
principal
rule for all teaching instructions.
meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience
for children.
When the roles of teacher and
learner are seen for what they are, and when both
teacher and
learner fulfill them
appropriately, then much of the pressure and
feeling of failure for both
is eliminated.
Learning to read is made easier when teachers
create an environment where
children are
given the opportunity to solve the problem of
learning to read by reading.
6. The problem
with the reading course as mentioned in the first
paragraph is that____.
A. it is one of the
most difficult school courses
B. students
spend endless hours in reading
C. reading
tasks are assigned with little guidance
D. too
much time is spent in teaching of reading
7.
The teaching of reading will be successful if
____.
A. teachers can improve conditions at
school for the students
B. teachers can
enable students to develop their own way of
reading
C. teachers can devise the most
efficient system for reading
D. teachers can
make their teaching activities observably
8.
The word （Para.3） most probably means____.
A.
inquiry B. observation
C. control D.
suspect
9. According to the passage, learning
to read will no longer be a difficult task when
____.
A. children become highly motivated
B. teacher and learner roles are
interchangeable
C. teaching helps children in
the search for knowledge
D. reading enriches
children’s experience
10. The main idea of the
passage is that ____.
A. teachers should do as
little as possible in helping students learn to
read
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B. teachers should
encourage students to read as widely as possible
C. reading ability is something acquired
rather than taught
D. reading is more
complicated than generally believed
C
Being sociable looks like a good way to add years
to your life. Relationships with family, friends,
neighbours, even pets, will all help, but the
biggest longevity (长寿) seems to come from
marriage. The effect was first noticed in 1858
by William Farr, who wrote that widows(寡妇) and
widowers (鳏夫) were at a much higher risk of
dying than the married people. Studies since then
suggest that marriage could add as much as
seven years to a man’s life and two to a woman’s.
The effect can be seen in all causes of death,
whether illness, accident or self-harm.
Even
if the chances are all against you, marriage can
more than compensate(补偿)you. Linda
Waite of
the University of Chicago has found that a married
older man with heart disease can
expect to
live nearly four years longer than an unmarried
man with a healthy heart. Similarly, a
married
man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to
live as long as a divorced man who
doesn’t
smoke. There’s a flip side, however, as partners
are more likely to become ill or die in the
couple of years following their husband or
wife’s death, and caring for your husband or wife
with
mental disorder can leave you with some
of the same severe problems. Even so, the chances
favour marriage. In a 30-year study of more
than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard
Medical School describes how all kinds of
social networks have similar effects.
So how
does it work? The effects are complicated,
affected by socio-economic factors,
health-
service provision, emotional support and other
more physiological mechanisms(生理机
制). For
example, social contact can promote development of
the brain and immune(免疫)
system, leading to
better health and less chance of depression later
in life. People in supportive
relationships
may handle stress better. Then there are the
psychological benefits of a supportive
partner.
A life partner, children and
good friends are all recommended if you aim to
live to 100. The
overall social network is
still being mapped out, but Christakis says:
“People are inter-connected,
so their health
is inter-connected.”
11. William Farr’s study
and other studies show that _________.
A.
social life provides an effective cure for illness
B. being sociable helps improve one’s quality
of life
C. women benefit more than men from
marriage
D. marriage contributes a great deal
to longevity
12. Linda Waite’s studies
support the idea that _________.
A. older
men should quit smoking to stay healthy
B.
marriage can help make up for ill health
C.
the married are happier than the unmarried
D.
unmarried people are likely to suffer in later
life
13. It can be inferred from the context
that the “flip side” (Para. 2) refers to
_________.
A. the disadvantages of being
married
B. the emotional problems arising
from marriage
C. the responsibility of taking
care of one’s family
D. the consequence of a
broken marriage
14. What does the author say
about social networks?
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A. They have effects similar to those of a
marriage.
B. They help develop people’s
community spirit.
C. They provide timely
support for those in need.
D. They help
relieve people of their life’s burdens.
15.
What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. It’s important that we develop a social network
when young.
B. To stay healthy, one should
have a proper social network.
C. Getting a
divorce means risking a reduced life span.
D. We should share our social networks with each
other.
D
You never see him, but they're with you every time
you fly. They record where you are
going,how
fast you're traveling and whether everything on
your airplane is functioning normally.
Their
ability to withstand(承受) almost any disaster makes
them seem like something out of a
magic 're
known as the black box.
When planes fall
from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way
to Comoros Islands in the
India ocean June 30,
2009, the black box is the best bet for
identifying what went wrong. So
when a French
submarine (潜水艇) detected the device's(设备) signal
five days later, the
discovery marked a huge
step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in
which 152 passengers
were killed.
In
1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed
a flight-memory recorder that would
track
basic information like altitude and direction.
That was the first mode for a black box, which
became a requirement on all U.S. commercial
flights by 1960. Early models often failed to
withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the box
was completely redesigned and moved to the
back of the plane – the area least affected by
impact – from its original position in the
landing wells (起落架舱). The same year, the
Federal Aviation Authority required that the
boxes,
which were never actually black, be
painted orange or yellow to be discovered more
easily.
Modern airplanes have two black
boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots'
conversations,
and a flight-data recorder,
which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and
other operating
functions that help
investigators reconstruct the aircraft's final
moments. Placed in an insulated
(隔绝的) case and
surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of
stainless steel, the boxes can
withstand huge
force and temperatures up to 2,000℉. When in deep
water, they're also able to
send signals from
depths of 20,000 ft. Experts believe the boxes
from Air France Flight 447, which
crashed near
Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly that
deep, but statistics say they're still
likely
to turn up. In the approximately 20 deep-sea
crashes over the past 30 years, only one
plane's black boxes were never recovered.
16. What does the author say about the black
box?
A. It ensures the normal functioning of
an airplane.
B. The idea for its design
comes from a magic book.
C. Its ability to
avoid disasters is unbelieavable.
D. It is
an inseparable device on an airplane.
17. What
information could be found from the black box on
the Yemeni airliner?
A. Data for analyzing
the cause of the crash.
B. The total number
of passengers on board.
C. The scene of the
crash and extent of the damage.
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D. Signals sent by the pilot before
the crash.
18. Why was the black box
redesigned in 1965?
A. New materials became
available by that time.
B. Too much space
was needed for the device.
C. The early
models often got damaged in the crash.
D.
The early models didn't provide the needed data.
19. Why did the Federal Aviation Authority
require the black boxes be painted orange or
yellow?
A. To distinguish them from the
colour of the plane.
B. To caution people to
handle them with care.
C. To make them
easily discovered.
D. To meet with
international standards.
20. What do we know
about the black boxes from Air France Flight 447?
A. There is still a good chance of their
being recovered.
B. There is an urgent need
for them to be reconstructed.
C. They have
stopped sending signals back.
D. They were
destroyed somewhere near Brazil.
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6---10
DBBAC 11--- 15 DBAAB
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16
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