2021年高考英语新课标版一轮专题复习之阅读理解9Word版含答案.docx

阅读理解专题卷9
The Chinese invented paper in 105 A. D. They mixed the bark of a tree and rags (破布) with water, put a screen into the mixture, and lifted out a thin piece of wet paper. They dried the paper in the sun.
    The Chinese kept their secret of how to make paper until a war with Muslims in the ninth century. The art of papermaking soon spread throughout the Muslim world.
    The Mayan Indians in Central America and Pacific Islanders also discovered how to make paper, but their knowledge never spread to the rest of the world.
    For centuries, all paper was made by hand. Rags were the main material. Then a French scientist discovered that people could make paper from wood, too. Finally, in the eighteenth century. a Frenchman invented a machine to make paper from wood.
1．Who discovered how to make paper?
A. The Chinese.           B. The Pacific Islanders.
C. The Mayan Indians.      D. All of the above.
2． When did the Chinese invent paper according to the passage?
A. About 1 ,800 years ago.  B. About 1, 900 years ago.
C. About 2, 000 years ago.      D. About 2, 100 years ago.
3． How was papermaking introduced into the rest of the world from China?
A. Through wars. B. Through the Muslims.
C. Through the Mayan Indians.  D. Through the Pacific Islanders.
4．Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. The Invention of Paper.    B. The History of Papermaking.
C. Different Ways of Making Paper. D. The Invention of a Papermaking Machine.

Summerfest Arts Faire 2010
Summerfest Arts Faire is an arts festival in Logan, Utah, celebrating local, regional and national artists. Visitors can expect to see high quality artworks from nationally recognized artists. Summerfest also features live entertainment and a variety of delicious food.
Place: 50 North Main Street, Logan, UT 84321
Dates: June 17-June 19, 2010
Time: Thursday-Saturday 1:00 pm-10:00 pm
Venture Outdoors Festival
The 5th Annual Venture Outdoors Festival is a celebration of outdoor recreation (消遣). This unique festival is designed to increase knowledge and understanding of and participation (参与) in the many recreational activities available in Utah. This family-friendly event features live music, guest speakers, giveaways, creative children’s activities, and great food all day long.
Place: 3100 South 2900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84109
Date: June 19, 2010
Time: Saturday 3:00 pm -10:00 pm
The Days of ‘47 KSL 5 Parade (游行)
The parade is one of the largest and oldest parades in the United States. Colorful floats, bands, horses and clowns thrill tens of thousands of people each year. Many parade-goers camp out on the streets the night before just to make sure of a great position to catch it all.
Place: 900 South 700 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Date: July 24, 2010
Time: Saturday 9:00 am
Taylorsville Dayzz 2010
Experience Taylorsville Dayzz 2010, a celebration of the city’s birthday. Enjoy a 5K Family Run, Carnival, Food and Exhibit Booths and Fireworks. Listen to a live concert by Taylorsville Symphony and Utah Symphony, and a live performance of Jayson Hewlett (an American entertainer).
Place: 5100 South 2700 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84118
Dates: June 25-June 28, 2010
Time: Monday 8:00 pm, Friday 7:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
5．If you have to go to work in the afternoon, you can only take part in .
A. Summerfest Arts Faire 2010 B. Venture Outdoors Festival
C. The Days of ‘47 KSL 5 Parade D. Taylorsville Dayzz 2010
6．A person who wants to watch fireworks can go to .
A. 50 North Main Street, Logan, UT 84321
B. 3100 South 2900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84109
C. 900 South 700 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
D. 5100 South 2700 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84118
7．Which of the following time is proper for one to enjoy a live concert?
A. Monday 8:00 am. 　B. Friday 6:00 pm.　　C. Saturday 9:00 pm. 　D. Sunday 10:00 pm.
8．We can learn from the text that .
A. The Days of ‘47 KSL 5 Parade attracts a large crowd
B. Summerfest Arts Faire 2010 is mainly intended for writers
C. people can take part in various matches at Taylorsville Dayzz 2010
D. Venture Outdoors Festival will become more and more popular

As prices and building costs keep rising, the“do-it-yourself”(DIY)trend(趋势)in the U.S. continues to grow.
“We needed furniture(家具)for our living room,” says John Ross,“and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420.“I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you
want to become a “do-it-yourselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
9．We can learn from the text that many married people_________.
A. find it hard to pay for what they need
B. have to learn to make their own furniture
C. take DIY courses run by the government
D. seldom go to a department store to buy things
10．When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim_________.
A. makes shoes in his home
B. does extra work at night
C. does his own car and home repairs
D. keeps house and looks after his children
11．Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourself when__________.
A. his car repairs cost too much
B. the car repair class was not helpful
C. he could not possibly do two jobs
D. he had to raise the children all by himself
12．What would be the best title for the text?
A. The Joy of DIY B. You Can Do It Too!
C. Welcome to Our DIY Course D. Ross and Hatfield Believers in DIY

One hot night last July, when our new baby wouldn’t or couldn’t sleep, I tried everything I could think of : a warm bottle, songs gentle rocking. Nothing would settle him. Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room, figuring that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill of the hours till dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, his little eyes focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I then tiptoes out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi's forty-fifth birthday.
My wife and I heard none of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself.
I found in my baby's behavior a symbol of the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don't read and they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion: “Let them watch it!” If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight about it? Let them watch it all they want!
13．Why did the author bring a TV set into his son's room?
　　A．To make his son keep quiet.
　　B．To spend the night by watching TV programs.
　　C．In order not to let his son feel lonely.
　　D．To make his son go to sleep as soon as possible.
14．The baby's reaction to the TV program was _______ .
　　A．unexpected B．encouraging C．exciting D．nervous
15．From this passage we know that the author is .
A．a doctor B．a reporter C．an editor D．a teacher
16．Accordingg to the passage, which is true of the school children?
　　A．They prefer reading to watching TV.
　　B．They like watching TV after school.
　　C．They would rather watch TV than read books.
　　D．They like their teachers who teach them reading.

I have only once been in trouble with the law. The whole process of being arrested and taken to court was a rather unpleasant experience at the time, but it makes a good story now. What makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent fate in court.
It happened in February about twelve years ago. I had left school a couple of months before that and was not due to go to university until the following October. I was still living at home at the time.
One morning I was in Richmond, a suburb of London near where I lived. I was looking for a temporary job so that I could save up some money to go traveling. As it was a fine day and I was in no hurry, I was taking my time, looking in shop windows, strolling in the park, and sometimes just stopping and looking around me. It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall.
It was about half past eleven when it happened. I was just walking out of the local library, having unsuccessfully sought employment there, when I saw a man walking across the road with the obvious intention of talking to me. I thought he was going to ask me the time. Instead, he said he was a police officer and he was arresting me. At first I thought it was some kind of joke.
But then another policeman appeared, this time in uniform, and I was left in no doubt.
“But what for?” I asked.
“Wandering with intent to commit an arrestable offence.” he said.
“What offence?” I asked.
“Theft.” he said.
“Theft of what?” I asked.
“Milk bottles,” he said, and with a perfectly straight face too!
“Oh,” I said.
It turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in the area, particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorsteps.
Then I made my big mistake. At the time I was nineteen, had long untidy hair, and regarded myself as part of the sixties’ “youth counterculture”. As a result, I wanted to appear cool and unconcerned with the incident, so I said, “How long have you been following me?” in the most casual and conversational tone I could manage. I thus appeared to them to be quite familiar with this sort of situation, and it confirmed them in their belief that I was a thoroughly disreputable （品德不端的）character.
A few minutes later a police car arrived.
“Get in the back,” they said. “Put your hands on the back of the front seat and don’t move them.”
They got in on either side of me. It wasn’t funny any more.
At the police station they questioned me for several hours. I continued to try to look worldly and familiar with the situation. When they asked me what I had been doing, I told them I’d been looking for a job. “Aha,” I could see them thinking, “unemployed”.
Eventually, I was officially charged and told to report to Richmond Magistrates’ Court the following Monday. Then they let me go.
I wanted to conduct my own defense in court, but as soon as my father found out what had happened, he hired a very good lawyer. We went along that Monday armed with all kinds of witnesses, including my English teacher from school as a character witness. But he was never called on to give evidence. My “trial” didn’t get that far. The magistrate （法官） dismissed the case after fifteen minutes. I was free. The poor police had never stood a chance. The lawyer even succeeded in getting costs awarded against the police.
And so I do not have a criminal record. But what was most shocking at the time was the things my release from the charge so clearly depended on. I had the “right” accent, respectable middle-class parents in court, reliable witnesses, and I could obviously afford a very good lawyer. Given the obscure nature of the charge, I feel sure that if I had come from a different background, and had really been unemployed, there is every chance that I would have been found guilty. While asking for costs to be awarded, my lawyer’s case quite obviously revolved （回转） around the fact that I had a “brilliant academic record”.
Meanwhile, just outside the courtroom, one of the policemen who had arrested me was gloomily complaining to my mother that another youngster had been turned against the police. “You could have been a bit more helpful when we arrested you,” he said to me reproachfully （责怪地）.
What did he mean? Probably that I should have looked outraged and said something like, “Look here, do you know who you’re talking to? I am a highly successful student with a brilliant academic record. How dare you arrest me!” Then they, probably, would have apologized perhaps even taken off their caps, and let me on my way.
17．Judging from the first paragraph, the writer’s attitude towards his story is _______.
A. angry B. sad
C. amused D. more than just one of the above
18．The first man who came up to him was ______.
A. a uniformed policeman B. a policeman in plainclothes
C. not a policeman D. a good joker
19．The court never asked the author’s English teacher to give evidence because _______.
A. the time for the trial was limited to fifteen minutes only
B. the author wanted to conduct his own defense in court
C. the case was dismissed before the trial reached that stage
D. he was found to be unqualified as a character witness
20．The author believes that he would most probably have been declared guilty if _______.
A. the magistrate had been less gentle
B. he had really been out of work
C. he had been born in a lower— class family
D. both B and C
21． In the opinion of one of the policeman who had arrested the author, the whole thing might not have occurred if ______.
A. he had protested strongly at the time
B. he had begged to be allowed to go home
C. he hadn’t wandered aimlessly
D. he had tried to look cool
22．We can see from the passage that the author ______.
A. has broken the law only once
B. has never broken the law
C. has broken the law on more than one occasion
D. once broke the law without knowing it

参考答案

1．D
2．B
3．B
4．B
【解析】略

5．C
6．D
7．C
8．A
【解析】
试题分析：本文介绍了几种多姿多彩的活动，并对各种活动的具体状况进行了具体的描述。
5．C 推理题。依据本部分中的Time: Saturday 9:00 am可知The Days of ‘47 KSL 5 Parade是上午进行的，下午还可以连续工作，故C项符合要求。
6．D 细节题。依据本部分Experience Taylorsville Dayzz 2010, a celebration of the city’s birthday. Enjoy a 5K Family Run, Carnival, Food and Exhibit Booths and Fireworks.可知在这里可以观赏到烟花表演。故Taylorsville Dayzz 2010 的进行地点5100 South 2700 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84118。符合题意。
7．C 细节题。依据Colorful floats, bands, horses and clowns thrill tens of thousands of peop