2017年高考英语阅读理解练习

　　30.What conclusion can we draw from the passage?

　　A.The higher levels of authority，the fewer women suffer depression.

　　B.The higher levels of authority，the more women suffer depression.

　　C.The lower levels of authority，the more men suffer depression.

　　D.The lower levels of authority，the more women suffer depression.

　　31.What did Dr Pudrovska think of the results?

　　A.Exciting. B.Surprising.

　　C.Disappointing. D.Inspiring.

　　32.What does the underlined word“discrepancy”in Paragraph 5 mean?

　　A.Difference. B.Excellence.

　　C.Preference. D.Reference.

　　答案：DBBA

　　高考英语阅读理解【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”