英语高考阅读理解练习和答案.doc

_高考英语阅读理解专项练习（及答案）（一）It is not always easy to understand inventions and new developments in science. To understand fiber optics（光纤）, however, you can try an experiment.Put a drop or two of mile into the glass of water. Turn off the lights. Shine the light from your flashlight（手电筒） through the top of the glass at an angle（角度） of about 45 degrees. Put a piece of white paper against the glass when the beam（光束）of light is shining. Move the paper so you can see where the beam is coming out of the glass. You should see a spot of light. Some of the light has passed through the water and through the glass. You see it on the paper. You also see another beam going down into the glass. It is being reflected down into the glass.Next move the flashlight so that the beam is coming straighter down (30 degrees) into the water. You will see the same phenomenon: some of the light is reflected back into the glass. And some escapes out. Now move the beam of light from the flashlight slowly up until you cannot see any light escaping. This point is called the “point of total internal reflection.” The word internal means “inside.” All the light is staying inside the glass. There is no beam showing a bright spot on the white paper. All the light energy is inside the glass.The glass of milky water is like a strand（线）of glass. A fiber optic tube is a bundle of long thin strands of glass, really many tubes. However, the principle（原理） is the same: at a certain angle, all the light energy that goes into the glass fiber comes out the other end.Light is energy. Sound is energy. Radio waves and electricity are both energy. They can all be changed into light, and as light they can all travel along a glass fiber. Light travels at the rate of 186,000 miles per second. Therefore, a message can travel that fast in a glass fiber. This is the principle, or law of nature, that makes fiber optics work.1 Which figure shows the last step of the experiment?2 The purpose of the experiment is to tell us .Ahow fast light travelsBhow fiber optics worksChow light travels in a glass of waterDhow fiber optics helps mankind3 In the experiment, makes the biggest difference.Athe angel at which to shine the light from the flashlightBthe amount of water in the glass of milkCthe number of drops of milk to pour into the glass of waterDthe size of the hole through which to shine light from the flashlight4 The last step is to prove .Ano beam is shown on the white paper Bno light can be noticed inside the glassCno reflection can be seen Dno energy is wasted5 Which of the following can be the best title?AExperiment of Light TravelBPrinciples of Fiber OpticsCCommunication on Fiber OpticsDTheory of Light Travel（二）The young man arrived on the Massachusetts beach early carrying a radio, a shovel, and a strange set of tools: a brick layers trowel, a palette knife, spatulas, spoons, and a spray bottle.He walked down near the waterthe tide was output down the radio and tuned it to soft rock. Then he shoveled wet sand into a pile nearly four feet high and as many feet across. Then he created a rectangular（长方形的）shape.After that, he set to work with palette knife, spatulas, and spoons. He shaped a graceful tower, topped walls, fashioned beautiful bay windows, and carved out big front gate.The man knew his sand. He smoothly finished some surfaces and embroidered（雕刻）artistic designs on others. As the shapes began to dry, he gently kept them slightly wet with water from the spray bottle, in case they might break in the wind.All this took hours. People gathered. At last he stood back, obviously satisfied with a castle worthy of the Austrian countryside or Disneyland.Then he gathered his tools and radio and moved them up to drier sand. He had known for a while what many in the rapt（全神贯注的） crowd still overlooked: the tide was coming in. Not only had he practiced his art with confidence and style, he had done so against a powerful, immutable（不可抗拒的）deadline.As the crowd looked on, water began to lap at the base of the castle. In minutes it was surrounded. Then the rising flood began to eat into the base, walls fell, the tower fell, and finally the gates arch fell. More minutes passed, and small waves erased bay windows and battlementssoon no more than a small part was left.Many in the crowd looked terribly sad; some voiced fears and discouragement. But the sculptor（雕塑家） remained calm. He had, after all, had a wonderful day, making beauty out of nothing, and watching it return to nothing as time and tide moved on.6 In this selection, why did the sculptor start early in the day?AHe knew the tide was out on this particular morning.BIt gave time for the crowd to gather.CHe needed the sun to help dry the sand.DIt was easier to begin with only a few people around.7 Which of the following best shows that the sculptor was an expert?AHe attracted a large crowd. BHe created beautiful details.CHe was able to finish his work. DHe showed satisfaction on his face.8 In this selection, what does the incoming tide signal?AIt is time to begin working. BIt is the busiest time of the day.CIt is the end of a days work. DIt is time for lookers-on to leave.9 How did the lookers-on react when the tide began to come in?AThey tried to save the sand castle. BThey were disappointed to see the art ruined.CThey were nervous about their own belongings. DThey helped the artist finish the castle.10The reader can tell that the sculptors reward for his work is .Apayment for his work Battention from the crowdCfame as an artistDpersonal satisfaction（三）Getting into the CityFrom John F. Kennedy International AirportQueens:[phone]Distance to midtown:15 milesTime to midtown:50-60 minutesHours of operation:24Travelers Aid:[phone]MTA-New York City Transit Authority130 Livingston St., Brooklyn 11201;[phone], www.mta.info. Buses from the airport connect with subway stops in Queens and Brooklyn:a free shuttle goes from JFK terminals to the A line; the Q3 bus goes to the F line; and the B15 goes to the 3 line. Also, the Q10, operated by Green Bus Lines(718 995-4700), connects to the E,F, J, and Z lines. Bus/ subway fare is 1.5, paid in exact change, with a token, or with a MetroCard. Reader card#67.Ad on p.43.New York Airport Service(718)8758200, . Operates bus shuttle every 2030 minutes to NYCs Penn Station, Port Authority, and Grand Central Terminal(13) and to Manhattan hotels between 33rd and 57th Sts. (15). Reader card #230. Ad on p.25.SuperShuttle5215 11th St., Long Island City, Queens 11101;(212)2097000,(800)2583826, . Doortodoor transportation, 24 hours, 365 days. Look for the blue van. Reader card #123. Ad on p.39.11If you want to know more about the MetroCard, you can .Avisit .Btelephone (212)2097000 or (800) 2583826Cread the ad on page 43 of the bookDvisit 12What do you know about New York City subway lines from the reading?AThey supply door to door transportation.BThey are directly connected with the airport.CThey run 24 hours, 365 days, marked with colors.DThey are marked with either numbers or letters.13Suppose you want to get to a Manhattan hotel in 23rd Street from the airport, youd better .Atake a bus shuttleBtake a bus by Green Bus LineCtake SuperShuttleDtake a subway（四）During times of trouble, Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke from a small room without a fireplace in the White House basement to millions of Americans. In his calm and conversational manner, he reassured（使恢复信心）the nation in the depths of the Great Depression（大萧条）and through a World War.Saul Bellow described his own experience of listening to President Roosevelt, hold the nation together, using only a radio and the power of his personality.“I can recall walking eastward on the Chicago Midway drivers had pulled over, parking bumper to bumper, and turned on their radios to hear Roosevelt. They had rolled down the windows and opened the car doors. Everywhere the same voice, its odd Eastern accent, which in anyone else would have angered Midwesterners. You could follow without missing a single word as you walked by. You felt joined to these unknown drivers, men and women”The nation needed the assurance of those Fireside Chats, the first of which was delivered on March 12, 1933. Between a quarter and a third of the work force was unemployed. Every bank in America had been closed for at least eight days. Its hard for us to imagine. It was the hardest time of the Great Depression.The “Fireside” was symbolic（象征性的）; most of the chats came from a small room in the White House basement. Frances Perkins, Roosevelts Secretary of Labor, described the change that would come over him just before the broadcasts: “His face would smile and light up as though he were actually sitting on the front porch(门廊) or in the parlor with them. People felt this, and came to respect and love him.”In that first radio visit, Roosevelt began by explaining how the banking system worked: “When you put money in a bank, the bank does not place the money into a safedeposit vault（金库房）. It invests your money in many different forms of creditbonds, mortgages.” He went on to announce that the banks would reopen the next day.14The main purpose of the article is to .Agive examples of the power of radio broadcastingBmake people examine their attitudes toward moneyCsuggest that Roosevelt was Americas greatest presidentDshow how Roosevelt reassured Americans during hard times15According to the article, the Fireside Chats raised the hopes of Americans because President Roosevelt .Aspoke to them in a friendly and confident toneBexplained to them how to invest their moneyCwas open about his own fears for the countryDused humor to draw their attention away from their problems16The name “Fireside Chats” was probably intended to .Ademand listeners to protect resourcesBencourage spirited discussion among listenersCrequest people to desire for hope and reassuranceDpersuade Americans to talk with their families17Saul Bellows description of his own experience of listening to President Roosevelt shows .Ahow popular and encouraging Roosevelts Fireside Chats were Bhow easily Roosevelts Fireside Chats could be understoodCwhat great interest general public took in national affairsDwhat a hard life Americans had in Great Depression（五）ILWAUKEE,Feb.17 The Democratic presidential nomination（民主党总统提名）battle turned into a twoman contest on Tuesday as Senator John Kerry narrowly defeated Senator John Edwards in the Wisconsin primary（初选）. Howard Dean suffered a sad third-place showing that Democrats said would effectively end his campaign（选举活动）.The finish by Mr. Edwards surprised Democrats here, as well as those in the Kerry and Edwards camps, who had been looking for Mr. Kerry to post another decisive victory in Wisconsin, based on his performance so far this year.And it set the stage for what Mr. Edwards said he had long wanted after trying to break through what was once a crowded field: a clean two-way race with Mr. Kerry, played out over a relatively long period, until the next big primary day, March 2.“The people of Wisconsin spoke loudly and clearly tonight,” Mr. Edwards said in a joyful speech to supporters. “They want a debate. They want this campaign to continue.”Mr. Kerry, who stepped out to give his victory speech as Mr. Edwards was speaking, knocking him off live television, made no mention of the thin margin（差数）.Dr. Dean, the former governor of Vermont, said even before the polls closed that he would continue his campaign no matter what the outcome in Wisconsin, a state he once said he had to win. “We are not done,” he said in his speech on Tuesday.But leading Democrats said that in light of his latest disappointing loss, they saw little hope for his continuing as a serious candidate（候选人）. And While Mr. Kerry and Mr. Edwards turned their attention to March 2, when there will be 10 contests, Dr. Dean prepared to head back to his home in Burlington to determine where to take his campaign from here.18The result of the Wisconsin primary also surprised Kerrys supporters because .Ahe only so narrowly defeated the secondBthey didnt expect such a decisive victoryCthey never thought the battle became such a twoman contest so quicklyDhe didnt win in the Wisconsin primary, which was unexpected19The phrase “a clean twoway race” (in para. 3) here means .Aa motor race on two different ways but in the same directionBa race of two cars running on clean ways in different directionsCa competition of two persons in the presidential nomination battleDa twoperson competition where the winner is easy to decide20When the Wisconsin primary ended, .AHoward Dean would end his campaignBJohn Edwards felt greater progress was made CJohn Kerry felt proud of another successDDemocrats would easily determine their candidate for the next president（六）Some of Beijing Zoos animals are suffering menu changes because of the bird flu spread in Asia .Gone are the lions and tigers delightful “live” chicken dinners . In their menu , instead , are raw beef and mutton . While the lions and tigers go chickenless , the zoos birds are also receiving some special and uncomfortable treatment these days . The peacocks in Badaling Safari Animal World , who used to be featured in the park and could walk around showing off their beautiful feathers , now are forced to stay in cages .And turkeys at the Beijing Zoobelieved to be most likely to suffer from the bird flu virus have been moved out of their old home to places separate from visitors . In most cases , display areas with birds have been closed for health reasons .Yet a good thing about the present situation is that the living conditions of the zoos birds are being improved , with keepers keeping the display areas cleaner and not as crowded as before . Almost all zoos have done more frequent cleaning and disinfection for bird cages measures to prevent infection .In this special period , pigeons（鸽子）are frowned upon . In Beijing , many homing pigeon lovers use balconies （阳台）to build cages for birds . Most neighbours are fed up with these cages since th