2021年高考英语新课标版一轮专题复习之阅读理解46Word版含答案.docx

阅读理解专题卷46Everywhere you will always find “the whitehaired boy”, sometimes called “the fair-haired boy” He gets special treatment, as if he were above everybody else. You will find him in school, in college, at home, or where you work. In school, he is the teachers pet, her darling who can do nothing wrong. Sometimes she lets him do little jobs for her. He comes to class in the morning, all shiny and clean, He is always raising his hand, ready with an answer to the teachers questions. And he knows all the answers. He “gets into your hair”, especially if you are at the bottom of the class and the teacher thinks you are stupid. How you hate the white-haired boy! In college, he walksmore often stridesacross the school grounds as if he owned them. Sometimes he wears a colorful football or basketball shirt or sweater, with a bright red, or green or yellow college letter proudly worn on the front of itas a big B, for Bullfinch University. What broad shoulders, what muscles he has! He makes the girls happy by just smiling at them. He has the mark of success on him. At home, “the fair-haired boy” is mothers choice, her favorite. Sometimes, he is the oldest sonat times, the youngest. If you are in between, you are out of luck. On the job, you might meet another of these “white-haired boys”; you cannot escape him. For some strange reason, he is the man who always moves ahead. He gets better and better jobs, with more and more money. But you stand still, wondering why, and trying to explain to your-self why you hate him so much. Then, you discover that there are others who share your feelings, ready to “let their hair down” to tell you their private thoughts. One of them asks: “What does he have that I havent got?” You ask yourself the same question. Finally, there comes a day when you decide to stop hating him. Is it perhaps because he has been made boss and you find yourself working for him?1From the passage we can know that “the white-haired boy” refers to A. a child who is mothers favorite B. a student who is hated by everybodyC. a pet who is hated by everybody D. a person who is lucky all the time2What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 2 mean?A. He sets a shining example to you B. He makes you a little angry.C. He cuts your hair too short. D. He does up your hair.3In the authors opinion, the reason why you finally stop hating the white-haired boy is that A. you have no choice but to face the facts B. you decide to try your best to be better than himC. you have been made boss by him D. you are beginning to admire him4Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Try to Be Attractive B. Let Your Hair DownC. The White-haired Boy D. The Top Student The surprising experiment I am about to describe proves that air is all around you and that it presses down upon you. Air pressure is a powerful force. When you swim underwater, you can feel water pushing down on your body. The air all around you does the same. However, your body is so used to it that you do not notice this. The pressure is caused by a layer of air called the atmosphere. This layer surrounds the Earth, extending to about five kilometers above the Earths surface. The following experiment is an easy one that you can do at home. But make sure that you are supervised, because you will need to use matches. Now for the experiment！ What you need A hard-boiled egg without the shell A bottle with a neck slightly smaller than the egg A piece of paper A match Method 1） Check that the egg will sit firmly on the neck of the bottle. 2） Tear the paper into strips and put the strips into the bottle. 3） Light the paper by dropping a burning match into the bottle. 4） Quickly sit the egg on the neck of the bottle. Result Astonishingly, the egg will be sucked into the bottle. Your friends will be amazed when you show them the experiment. But be careful when you handle matches. Why it happened As the paper burns, it needs oxygen and uses up the oxygen （air） in the bottle. The egg acts as a seal in the neck of the bottle, so no more air can get inside. This reduces the air pressure inside the bottle. The air pressure must equalize, so more air from outside must enter the bottle. The outside air pressure against the egg and then the egg is pushed into the bottle! This proves that air is all around and that it is pressing down on it. 5Why is there the need to take care when you are doing the experiment? A. The bottle could break. B. You need to light the paper with a match. C. The egg needs to be shelled. D. The egg has to be perfectly placed on the neck of the bottle. 6In the experiment, the burning inside the bottle can_. A. equalize the air pressure inside and outside B. make a seal in the neck of the bottle C. finish up the oxygen inside the bottle D. produce more oxygen inside the bottle 7How did the egg put into the bottle？ A. The oxygen inside the bottle sucked the egg in. B. It became saft without the shell. C. The neck of the bottle was wide enough. D. The outside air pressure forced it into the bottle. 8The experiment is carried cut to prove _. A. water pushes on your body when you swim underwater. B. the earth is surrounded by a layer of air called the atmosphere. C. the pressure of air around us has a powerful force. D. the air pressure is not equalized around us. It is an exciting start to the college football season. A team that many people never heard of defeated one of the best in the country. If you follow American sports, then you know we are talking about the Michigan-Appalachian State game, which took place on September 1st at Michigan Stadium, in front of more than 100,000 people.Appalachian State University is in Boone, North Carolina. Its team often plays in a stadium that holds about 25,000 people. Also, Appalachian State plays in the Football Championship Subdivision. Michigan is in the newly named Football Bowl Subdivision, the top level of college football. So the Mountaineers of Appalachian State and the Wolverines of the University of Michigan normally do not even play each other.But they decided to meet for the first time. Michigan agreed to pay Appalachian State 400,000 dollars, win or lose. Teams like Michigan need victories, even a victory over a lower division team, to get into big, nationally broadcast bowl games. These games are worth millions of dollars at the end of the season.Fans expected an easy Michigan win. After all, in the preseason, sports experts had considered Michigan the fifth best college football team in the country. But Appalachian State is a two-time national champion at its own division level. Its players wanted to show they could play well against a nationally ranked team. And they did. The final score was Appalachian State thirty-four, Michigan thirty-two. The game quickly became known as one of the greatest upsets in college football history.The win has brought national attention to Appalachian State. Local stores reported a huge increase in orders for college clothing and other items. And the university official head expects more students to seek admission next year. Last Saturday, at home, Appalachian State defeated another North Carolina school, Lenoir-Rhyne College, forty-eight to seven.9The Michigan-Appalachian State game _. A. is a regular competition held in the US every year B. is a state competition held for the football championship C. is part of a national competition held on September 1st every year D. was an occasional football competition between two universities10Michigan wanted to play with Appalachian State because Michigan _. A. needed money to support its development B. wanted to test the skills of Appalachian State C. was a new football team without experience D. needed victories to enter nationally broadcast bowl games11After the game, the Appalachian State University got _. A. much economic support from the government B. much national assistance C. national recognition D. many applicants for admissionThe world hasht seen a pandemic（流行疾病）in 4 1 years，when the”Hong Kong”flu crossed the globe and killed about one million people worldwideIf H1N1 flu（甲型流感）reaches pandemic levels，what would happen next?The outbreak of SARS in 2003 rang alarm bells as potential pandemicsAlthough it jumped the”animal-tohuman”barrier，neither disease changed enough to enable human-toHuman infectionStrictly speaking，SARS did not become pandemics because it was too good at killing their hostsFor a pandemic，it needs to be able to maintain human-tohuman contact without killing its host off”H1N1 flu is already a man-to-man disease，which makes it much more difficult to manageAnd H1N1 flu appears much more infectious than SARSBut the WHO warns，it cannot say whether or not it will indeed cause a pandemicAccording to experts，heres what the world might see if there is another pandemic，based on past experienceThe disease would skip from city to city over an 18-to-24 month period，infecting more than a third of the populationWorld health Organization officials believe as many as 15 billion people around the globe would seek medical care and nearly 30 million would seek hospitalizationBased on the last pandemic and current world population，as many as 7 million people could dieHospitals will become overcrowded；schools will close；businesses will close；airports will be emptyBusiness will become very bad，as people avoid as much social contact as possibleHealth facilities will become overrun with patients and there would be less-than-adequate staffing，as medical health professionals fall ill themselves and that would result in higher deathsThe very young and very old will likely be the most susceptible（易受感染的）to the illnessExperts warn，much is still unknown about the current H1N1 flu virus and its severity and it is too early to say whether it will lead to a pandemicRight now，the focus is on finding answers and controlling the spread12How many kinds of disease is mentioned in the passage?ATwo BThree CFour DFive13Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?ASARS didnt change enough to enable sustained（持续的）human-tohuman infectionBSARS was very good at killing its carriersCA man with H1N1 flu can not infect another man easilyDComparing SARS and H 1N 1 flu，SARS is not as infectious14What can we know about the “Hong Kong” flu from the passage?AIt spread all around the globe and killed lots of peopleBIt killed about millions of peopleCIt killed about one million people in Hong KongDNot the old but the young were susceptible to it and got killed15What can be inferred from the passage?AThe H1N1 flu will skip from city to city over an 18一to一24 month periodBDoctors and nurses will fall ill themselves，which will result in many more deathsCEvery country is taking measures to stop the H1N1 flu from leading to a pandemicDThe WHO and experts have known much about the current H1N1 flu virusA student was one day taking a walk with his teacher. As they went along, they saw a pair of old shoes lying in the path. They were a poor farmers, who was working in the nearby field.The student turned to the teacher, saying:“we will hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those trees, and wait to see what he will do”“My young friend,” answered the teacher, “we should never make fun of the poor. Why not put a coin in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch?” The student did so and they both hid themselves behind the trees. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes.After putting on his coat, he put his foot into one of his shoes, and felt something hard. Then he bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Surprised, he looked at the coin, turned it around and looked at it again. He then looked around, but no person was seen. He put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe. His surprise was doubled on finding the other coin.He couldnt control his feelings and fell to his knees, looked up to the sky and expressed his thanks. Then he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without food. He said the help would save them from dying.The student there deeply moved, and his eyes filled tears.“ Now,” said the teacher, “are you not much happier than if you had hidden the shoes?”16When the student saw the shoes, he wanted to_.A. steal them B. find their ownerC. play a joke on the owner D. give the owner some money17According to the passage, the teacher is_.A. quiet and honest B. kind and friendlyC. patient and clever D. strict and careful18When the farmer saw the second coin, he_.A. was very excited and gratefulB. was worried and looked up at the skyC. was surprised and decided to find the ownerD. spoke of his difficulties and asked for more help19At the end of the story, the student_.A. was very proud of himself B. was very pleased with his lifeC. felt very sorry about his first idea D. felt sad for not taking his teachers adviceMany grown-ups worry that spending too much time playing video games isnt good for a kids health. But some doctors have noticed that kids who bring their game players to the hospital seem less worried about being there. They also seem to feel less pain when they are giving all their attention on a car race or other games. At a childrens center in Baltimore, Maryland, young kids are finding hospital visits easier to deal with, thanks to a test program called HOPE. Patients in HOPE have a life-threatening condition where their kidneys(肾) no longer get rid of wastes from their blood. To get their blood cleaned, these kids must use the dialysis (透析) machines at the hospital three times a week, for at least three hours each time. HOPE allows kids to play Internet sports, racing, and other games with each other. They will be able to connect with kids in other hospitals who have the same problem. “We want to use the Internet to bring together kids who are ill, and let them know they are not alone,” said Arun Mathews, the doctor of the program. He loved video games himself and got the idea to connect kids all over the country.Many researchers elsewhere are testing video programs that might help young patients. For example, nine-year-old Ben Duskin of San Francisco, California, who was struggling with cancer helped to design a video game where players got rid of cancer cells. Thats all great news, because doctors already know that reducing pain and