高考英语阅读理解训练及答案

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高考英语阅读理解训练及答案

　　高考英语阅读理解训练【1】

　　A machine that takes sweat-laden (浸满汗水的) clothes and turns the sweat into drinking water is in use in Sweden. The machine makes the clothes turn round quickly, heats them to remove the sweat, and then passes the steam through a kind of special material to make purified water.

　　Since it has been brought into use, its creators say more than 1000 people have drunk others’ “sweat” in Gothenburg. They add the liquid is cleaner than local tap water.

　　The device was built for the United Nations’ child-focused charity UNICEF to promote a campaign highlighting the fact that 780 million people in the world lack access to clean water.

　　The machine was designed and built by the engineer Andreas Hammar, known locally for his appearances on TV tech show “Mekatronik”. He said the key part of the sweat machine was a new water purification part developed by a company named HVR.

　　“It uses a technique called membrane distillation (膜蒸馏),” he told the BBC. “We use a special kind of material that only lets steam through but keeps bacteria, salts, clothing fibers and other things out. They have something similar to the International Space Station, but our machine is cheaper to build. The amount of water it produces depends on how sweaty the person is, but one person’s T-shirt typically produces 10ml, about a mouthful.”

　　The device has been put on show at the Gothia Cup-the world’s largest international youth football tournament. Mattias Ronge, chief executive of Stockholm-based advertising agency Deportivo, said the machine had helped raise awareness for UNICEF, but in reality had its limitations.

　　“People haven’t produced as much sweat as we hoped – right now the weather in Gothenburg is lousy,” Mattias Ronge said. “So we’ve equipped the machine with exercise bikes and volunteers are cycling like crazy. Even so, the demand for sweat is greater than the supply. And the machine will never be produced in large numbers, since there are better solutions out there such as water purifying pills.”

　　24.Which of the following is the disadvantage of the sweat machine?

　　A. It takes too long for the machine to produce water.

　　B. The amount of water the machine produces is rather limited.

　　C. It costs a large amount of money to build the machine.

　　D. The water processed by the machine is not clean enough.

　　25.UNICEF is mentioned in the text to ________.

　　A. show how the sweat machine works

　　B. explain why the sweat machine was invented

　　C. show the importance of the United Nations

　　D. tell us who invented the sweat machine

　　26.What did Mattias Ronge think of the sweat machine?

　　A. It could only be used in summer.

　　B. It did not work at all.

　　C. It was not worth popularizing.

　　D. The water it produced tasted sweet.

　　27.The text is written mainly to tell us that ______________.

　　A. a machine which turns sweat into drinking water is invented

　　B. 780 million people in the world lack access to clean water

　　C. a better solution to purifying dirty water is discovered

　　D. the pill which turns dirty water into clean water is produced

　　参考答案：BBCA

　　高考英语阅读理解训练【2】

　　“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy – they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.” –– Jeff Bezos.

　　I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.

　　I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.

　　After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.

　　21.What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?

　　A. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.

　　B. The support of his wife.

　　C. His dream of being an inventor.

　　D. Millions of exciting titles.

　　22.We can know from the passage that _______.

　　A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author

　　B. the author might not regret if he failed the idea

　　C. the author wanted someone else to try the idea

　　D. the author might go back to his boss if he failed

　　23.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

　　A. Cleverness and Kindness

　　B. The Starting of Amazon

　　C. We Are What We Choose

　　D. Following My Passion

　　参考答案：ABC

　　高考英语阅读理解训练【3】

　　At Dulles High school in Sugar Land, Texas, the roster(候选名单)for Advanced Chinese begins with Jason Chao and ends with Kathy Zhang. In between comes an unexpected name: Elizabeth Hoffman. Hoffman, now a 12th grader, began learning Chinese in the eighth grade, has spent a summer studying in Nanjing and plans to perfect her Mandarin next fall. When asked by her peers---why she is learning Chinese, she responds with a question: “why aren’t you?”

　　As China rushes toward superpower status, America’s schools and government officials are responding to Hoffman’s opinion. Earlier this year Eush Holt of New Jersey introduced legislation(立法)calling for increased money of programs for less commonly taught languages, “For reasons of economics, culture and security, we should have much better facilities(设备)with Chinese languages and dialects,” he said. The State Department has pointed out Chinese is becoming a “critical language”, but the most recent data show that only 24,000 students in Grade 7 to Grade 12 study Chinese.

　　Still, the number is growing. In Chicago public schools, enrollment in Chinese classes has skyrocketed from 5000 students in 2005 to nearly 35,000 students this year. In the Santa Clara County, California, enrollment has quadrupled during the same period. In 2007, when the College Board first introduces advanced-placement language exams in Chinese and Italian, 2,400 high school plan to offer AP Chinese---10 times the number of students that plan to offer AP Italian.

　　Much of the interest can be explained by China’s increasing competitiveness. “People are always trying to judge what languages are going to be useful for the future,” says Marty Abbot, the director of education at the National Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Stephanie Wong, a student At Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California, chose Chinese so that she could speak with her grandfather. Wong also predicted that Chinese will be important if she becomes a doctor. 80 percent of people in her hometown are Asians.

　　12. What does the first paragraph mainly discuss?

　　A. Dulles High School offers a Chinese course

　　B. Elizabeth Hoffman takes the lead in learning Chinese

　　C. Elizabeth Hoffman suggests her school offer a Chinese course

　　D. Jason and Kathy are the top students at Dulles School

　　13. According to the text, Chinese is becoming a “critical language” because ______.

　　A. American government has pointed it out

　　B. Rush Holt introduced legislation calling for opening Chinese

　　C. many students in the world choose to learn Chinese

　　D. China rushes toward superpower status

　　14._______ arouses America’s schools interest in Chinese.

　　A. The fact that Chinese is becoming a “critical language”