英语英语阅读理解练习题20篇及解析

1、【英语】英语阅读理解练习题20篇及解析 一、高中英语阅读理解 阅读理解1 A robot created by Washington State University (WSU) scientists could help elderly people with ) and other limitations live independently in their own homes.dementia (痴呆 The Robot Activity Support System or RAS, uses sensors installed in a WSU smart home to deter

2、mine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities. It navigates (定位) through rooms and around obstacles to find people on its own, provides video instructions on how to do simple tasks and can even lead its owner to objects like their medication or

3、 a snack in the kitchen.RAS combines the convenience of a mobile robot with the activity detection technology of a WSU smart home to provide assistance in the moment, as the need for help is detected, said Bryan Minor, a postdoctoral researcher in the WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Compute

4、r Science. Currently, an estimated 50 percent of adults over the age of 85 need assistance with every day activities such as preparing meals and taking medication and the annual cost for this assistance in the US is nearly $2 trillion. With the number of adults over 85 expected to triple by 2050, re

5、searchers hope that technologies like RAS and the WSU smart home will relieve some of the financial strain on the healthcare system by making it easier for older adults to live alone. RAS is the first robot researchers have tried to incorporate into their smart home environment. They recently publis

6、hed a study in the journal Cognitive Systems Research that demonstrates how RAS could make life easier for older adults struggling to live independently. While we are still in an early stage of development, our initial results with RAS have been promising, Minor said. The next step in the research w

7、ill be to test RAS performance with a group of older adults to get a better idea of what prompts, video reminders and other 牰晥牥湥散?桴祥栠癡?敲慧摲湩?桴?潲潢? How does RAS serve elderly people? 1）（ A. Through sensors. B. Through objects. D. Through their daily activities.C. Through a mobile robot. What can we kn

8、ow about RAS? 2）（ B. Its function remains to be tested.A. It is the first robot used in daily life. D. It can cook for owners on its own.C. It can locate people and do any task. Whats Minors attitude toward the future of RAS? ）（3 A. Doubtful. B. Negative. C. Optimistic. D. Uncertain. What can be a s

9、uitable title for the text? 4）（ A. Elderly people leave the nursing home. B. Smart Home Tests first elder-Care robot. D. Older adults have benefited from RAS.C. RAS, the first robot to make home smart. A1）【答案】 （ B2（） C）3（ B ）（4【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一款由美国华盛顿州立大学的科学家们研发 的机器人，可以帮助那些痴呆或有身体缺陷的老年人在家里过上自立的生活

10、。 （1）考查细节理解。根据章第二段中的“ The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors （传感器）equipped in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities”可知机器人活动支持系统（RAS）使用WSU智能家居中配备的传感器（传感器）来确定其居民在哪里，他们在做什 。A么以及何时需要日常活动的帮助，说明传感器起到了

11、重大的作用，故选 （2）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“The next step in the research will be to test RAS performance”可知，这台机器人的表现还要经过进一步的测，说明正在测试阶段，故选 。B （3）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“ While we are still in an early stage of development, our initial results with RAS have been promising”可知，Minor对这款机器人的未来发展充满信 。心、非常乐观，故选C （4）考查主旨大意。纵观全文可知，

12、本文介绍了一款由美国华盛顿州立大学的科学家们研发的机器人。再根据最后一段中的“The next step in the research will be to test RAS 。Bperformance ”可知，机器人目前还在华盛顿州立大学的智能屋里进行测试，故选 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，推理判断和主旨大意三个题型的考查，是一篇科技类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，同时根据上下文进行逻辑推理，概括归纳，从而选出正 确答案。 阅读理解2 Ten minutes of gentle exercise can immediately change how certain parts of t

13、he brain communicate and coordinate (协调) with one another and improve memory function, according to an encouraging new study. The scientists invited 36 people of different ages to the lab and had them sit quietly on a fixed bicycle for 10 minutes or, on a separate visit, pedal the bicycle at a pace

14、so gentle that it barely raised their heart rates. It also was short, lasting for only 10 minutes. Immediately after each session of the sitting or slow pedaling, the people completed a computerized memory test during which they would see a brief picture of, for instance, a tree, followed by a varie

15、ty of other images and then a new image of either the same tree or a similar one. The people would press buttons to show whether they thought each image was new or the same as an earlier shot. The test is difficult, since many of the images closely resemble one another. It requires rapid, skillful s

16、canning recent memories to decide whether a picture is new or known. Next, the scientists had each people repeat this process-riding or sitting on the bike for 10 minutes and then completing memory testing-but the testing now took place inside an M. R. I. machine(磁共振成像仪)that scanned the peoples brai

17、ns while they responded to the images. Then the researchers compared results. The effects of the exercise were clear. The people were better at remembering images after they had ridden the bike, especially when the images most closely resembled one another. In other words, the harder their memories

18、had to do their best, the better they performed after the exercise. The M. R. I. scans showed that memory parts of each peoples brain lit up at the same time with parts of the brain associated with learning, indicating that these physically separate parts of the brain were better connected now than

19、when the people had not first exercised. How did the researchers conduct the study? 1）（ A. By filling up questionnaires. B. By interviewing many people. C. By comparing experiment data. D. By referring to historical reports. Who might benefit most from the study result? 2）（ A. The marketers promotin

20、g fixed bicycles. B. The young people crazy about body building. C. The white collars doing long-term mental work. D. The blue-collars doing heavy physical labor work. Which of the following statements agrees with the study result? ）（3 A. The light exercise is only good for young people. B. The more

21、 the exercise is, the better the brain works. C. The exercise can coordinate different parts of the body. D. The exercise has more positive effect when the brain works harder. What can be the best title for the text? ）（4 A. Even ten minutes exercise may be good for the brain B. There is no need for

22、humans doing exercise every day C. Only ten minutes light exercise benefits the young most D. Exercise can change peoples brains and minds in a long time C）（1【答案】 C2）（ D3）（ A 4）（【解析】【分析】这是一篇说明文。一项新的研究表明，哪怕是仅仅十分钟的轻柔运动也 会提高人的记忆里水平。 （1）细节理解题。第三段第一句“Then the researchers compared results.”可知研究者通过对 。C比实验数

23、据得出结论，故答案选 （2）推理判断题。一项新的研究表明，哪怕是仅仅十分钟的轻柔运动也会提高人的记忆 。里水平。因此可推断这对于长期从事脑力工作的白领们是一个福音。故答案选C （3）细节理解题。第三段第三句“In other words, the harder their memories had to do their best, the better they performed after the exercise.”可知大脑使用的程度越高，运动对记忆里 。的影响就越大，即当大脑工作更努力时，运动有更积极的效果。故答案选D （4）主旨大意题。根据第一段可知，本文主要介绍了一项研究成果：短

24、时间的轻柔运动 。就会提高记忆力水平，故答案选A 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，推理判断和主旨大意三个题型的考查，是一篇说明类阅读，要求考生准确捕捉细节信息，通过题干中的关键词在文章中定位，同时根据上下文进 行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。 阅读理解3 I am astonished at the way God knows when to send a special gift of encouragement at just the wed something found that lost letter, a memory, or It right time! might b

25、e in a dream, a forgotten about. My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. And summer after summer I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town where they lived. People knew everyone, their children, their pets, their ancestors.hands for som

26、ething exciting She would make sandwiches and Grandma was always using her wed have tea parties, plant flowers and carefully tend them. She loved knitting sweaters as well she 针 ) thimble ( 顶 grandchildren. beautiful quilts for her I remember the small as making would place on her finger while doing

27、 her needlework. A few years ago, when Grandma left this earth for her new residence in Heaven, I bid farewell a together had just had tea grandmother. How quickly our lives can change! We my to loving couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday. I missed her very much, but I noticed it mostly on

28、 my birthdays, because there was no card from Grandma. Shed never forgotten my birthday! On one particular birthday when I was feeling a little low, something happened and made me feel as if she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and sudden

29、ly I felt something inside one pillow; it was small and hard. I moved the ) that I carefully opened, and, to my delight, out came a tiny silver thimble!object to a seam (缝 How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her! Not realizing k had fallen off her finger, I pictured her sewing

30、h into that little pillow that I just happened to fluff (抖松), to place on my bedspread (床罩) that day. I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others Id collected over the years. What a precious memory of a very special lady who, somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble into

31、my pillow. I heated the kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and then enjoyed my tea and Grandmas thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was! In the authors memory, what would her grandmother do? 1）（A. She would make sandwiches and hamburgers for her family. B. She

32、would wear a thimble for needlework every day.C. She would make beautiful quilts for money. D. She would look after the flowers in the garden. What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 4 refer to? 2）（ A. The modern worlds fast-changing life. B. The fact that the grandmother had passed away. D. T

33、he love the author got from her grandmother.C. The authors missing her grandmother. How did the author feel when she found the thimble? 3）（ A. Surprised. B. Regretful. C. Guilty. D. Lonely. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? 4（） A. Grandmas Thimble B. Grandmas Life Story

34、 D. The Importance of Putting Things AwayC. The Joy of Finding Something Lost D1）【答案】（ C2）（ A3）（ A ）（4【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者通过祖母生活的点滴及她的银顶针对作者的影 响，表达了作者和祖母之间浓浓的亲情。（1）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“She would make sandwiches and wed have tea parties, plant flowers and carefully tend them.”可知，在作者的记忆中，她的祖母会照看花园里的 。D花。故选（2

35、）考查代词指代。根据第四段中的“I missed her very much, but I noticed it mostly on my birthdays, because there was no card from Grandma. Shed never forgotten my birthday! ”我非常想念她，但我大部分时间都是在我生日那天注意到的，因为奶奶没有卡片。她永远不会 。C”故选忘记我的生日！由此可知it指“作者想念她的祖母。（3）考查推理判断。根据第五段中的“to my delight, out came a tiny silver thimble!”可知，当 。A她

36、发现顶针时，她感到惊喜。故选（4）考查主旨大意。根据最后一段中的“I heated the kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and then enjoyed my tea and Grandmas thimble. What a 。故选Awonderful birthday that was!”可知，本文主题是奶奶的Thimble【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，代词指代，推理判断和主旨大意四个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行 分

37、析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。 阅读理解4 New South Wales, Australia, is setting up cameras as part of an effort to reduce the number of people preoccupied with wireless devices while they drive. It will be the first area in the world to use the technology to punish drivers distracted (分心) with telephone calls, so

38、cial media or text messages. Road Safety experts are concerned about the growing number of accidents involving drivers using smart phones on the states roads. They say drivers who use phones while driving greatly increase their chances of being involved in an accident. The New South Wales government

39、 plans to place 45 Mobile Phone Detection Cameras across the state by December. Each phone detection unit contains two cameras. One camera takes pictures of a vehicles registration plate (牌照). A second camera looks through the front window of a car or truck to see what drivers are doing with their h

40、ands. The units use artificial intelligence to set aside drivers who are not touching their phones. Human beings then confirm if the pictures show illegal behavior before notice is sent to the vehicles registered owner. A violation (违反) carries fine of $232. Some cameras will be permanently set up o

41、n roadsides. Others will be moved, from time to time, around the state. Two fixed cameras took photographs of 8.5 million vehicles as part of a six-month test earlier phones. on their hands drivers with than 100,000 more of photos took cameras year. The this One driver was using a phone and another

42、electronic device, an Apple iPad, at the same time. Another driver had a passenger guide the vehicle while they both held phones, the state government said. What is the real purpose to set up cameras in New South Wale? 1）（ A.To keep records of the accidents. B.To promote the latest technology. C.To

43、find illegal behavior of the drivers. D.To force drivers to focus more on driving. What can we infer from the road safety experts? ）（2 A.Smart-phones are main killers on the road. B.All accidents result from drivers using cell-phones. C.Measures are badly needed to ban using phones while driving. D.

44、Carrying a smart-phone while driving will cause an accident. How does the phone detection unit function effectively? ）（3 A.It corrects the drivers wrong behavior. B.It has two cameras to record the plates. C.It sends a notice to the legal diver autonomously. D.It combines artificial intelligence wit

45、h humans efforts. What did a six-month test show? 4（） A.Electronic devices could help divers indeed. B.Mary passenger helped operate the vehicles. C.Many drivers used electronic devices while driving. D.It was common to be busy with two wireless devices. D1）【答案】 （ C）（2 D）（3 C ）（4【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了

46、澳大利亚新南威尔士州正在设置摄像头，以减少开车时全神贯注于无线设备的人数。用这项技术惩罚那些因电话、社交媒体或短信分 心的司机，将是世界上第一个。 （1）考查推理判断。根据第一段“New South Wales, Australia, is setting up cameras as part of an effort to reduce the number of people preoccupied with wireless devices while they drive. It will be the first area in the world to use the techno

47、logy to punish drivers distracted （分心） with telephone calls, social media or text messages.”澳大利亚新南威尔士州正在设置摄像头，以减少开车时全神贯注于无线设备的人数。用这项技术惩罚那些因电话、社交媒体或短信分心的司机，将是世界上第一个。所以判断出，新南威尔士设置摄像头的真正目的是迫使 。D司机更专注于驾驶。故选 （2）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“Road Safety experts are concerned about the growing number of accidents involvi

48、ng drivers using smart phones on the states roads. They say drivers 可reatly increase their chances of being involved in an accident.”who use phones while driving g知道路安全专家对越来越多的司机在州内道路上使用智能手机的事故表示关注。他们说，司机在开车时使用手机，大大增加了发生事故的可能性。所以判断出，道路安全专家认为 。C急需采取措施禁止开车时使用手机。故选 （3）考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“The units use artif

49、icial intelligence to set aside drivers who are not touching their phones. Human beings then confirm if the pictures show illegal behavior before notice is sent to the vehicles registered owner.”可知这些装置使用人工智能技术，将不接触手机的司机隔离开来。然后，在通知车主之前，由人类确认照片上是否有违 。D法行为。因此，手机检测装置是把人工智能和人类的努力结合起来。故选 （4）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中

50、的“Two fixed cameras took photographs of 8.5 million vehicles as part of a sixmonth test earlier this year. The cameras took photos of more than 100，000 drivers with their hands on phones.”可知今年早些时候，作为为期6个月的测试的一部分，两个固定摄像头拍摄了850万辆汽车的照片。这些摄像头拍摄了10万多名驾驶员的手拿着手机的照片。 所以，六个月的测试显示了许多司机在开车时使用电子设备。故 。C选 【点评】本题考

51、点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇科技类阅读，考生需 要准确掌握细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。 阅读理解5 Imagine waking up one day and finding that your beautiful local beach is no moregone, its fine white sand swept away by an abnormal storm. You go about your daily business for 12 long years and then suddenly the beach is back, a

52、ll its glory restored by another storm. This is what happened on the island of Achill, off the coast of Ireland, where people are celebrating the return of the beautiful Ashleam Bay beach that was taken from them in 2005. That in itself is unusual enough, but the story gets even better! You see, ano

53、ther beach in Achill did a disappearing act once, but took much longer to return. The beach at Doonagh, located only six miles away from Ashleam Bay, was restored earlier in 2016 after waves created by spring storms had swept away all the sand in 1984, leaving just rock pools behind. There is local

54、legend that stretches back hundreds of years that says this beach at Ashlcam Bay returns for a short every seven years then disappears again. But this time around it took a bit longer than that. It was last seen in 2005 and it stayed for a few months at that time before it was washed away again. As

55、you can imagine, everyone on the island of Achill is thrilled to have their sandy beach back, and even though no one knows how long its going to be around for, they are making the most of the time theyve got before it disappears again. Some may be quick to believe climate changes cause the phenomeno

56、n, but thats not the reason these two beaches in Achill keep disappearing, Dr Kevin Lynch, a geographer at NUT Galway, says that these occurrences are the result of hydrodynamics (流体力学) and sediment(沉 ) supply, rather than climate changes.积物 Regardless of whats causing them, disappearing and reappearing beaches are just part of what makes nature so fascin