高中英语阅读七选五--15篇(含答案)

1、阅读七选五真题演练Passage 1 Losing weight is tough.For most people, it requires a change in diet, a change in exercise habits, and a change in attitude. 1  Set healthy goals.If youre overweight and want to change that, the first step is deciding what your target weight is. 2  Start small.Making maj

2、or behavior modifications isnt something that happens overnight.3Commit to eating 5 servings of vegetables a day and exercising 2 days a week for the first week, and then add a little more each week. Track your diet and exercise.Now its time to start working toward that goal. The best way to st

3、ick with your diet and exercise rules is to track it. 4 Or you can do it the old fashioned way and keep a written food and exercise journal. Find what works for you and write down what youve accomplished every day.  5  Every month you should take a look at your goal and see what type of pr

4、ogress youve made toward accomplishing it. If youre not where you want to be, make minor adjustments. Try doing different exercises or cutting back on certain types of foods that you may be eating too much of.Losing weight and keeping it off is a highly personal thing. Find what works for you and st

5、ick with it.A.Evaluate and adjust.B.Heres how you can accomplish all the three.C.You might as well start with your own attitude.D.There are plenty of apps that allow you to do this.E.What steps are you going to take to achieve your goal.推荐精选F.So start with 1-2 things per week and work up from there.

6、G.Write down your goal and set a date by which you want to accomplish that goal.本文为说明文。减肥需要改变饮食习惯、锻炼习惯以及态度，本文从四个方面介绍了如何实现这三个改变，从而成功减肥。1.B根据空处的上句“For most people, it requires a change in diet, a change in exercise habits, and a change in attitude”可知，减肥需要改变饮食习惯、锻炼习惯以及态度；结合下文各段标题可以判断，B项承上启下，故选B项。2.G根据该

7、段的标题“Set healthy goals.”可知，该段主要介绍了设定正常合理的目标;据此可知G项符合文意。3.F根据该段标题“Start small.”可知，该段主要介绍从小处起步；结合空处的下句可知，该句介绍了第一周改变的两个习惯，并且每周增加要改变的一些习惯，据此可以判断F项符合文意。4.D根据该段标题“Track your diet and exercise.”和空处的下句“Or you can do it the old fashioned way and keep a written food and exercise journal”可知，空处是记录锻炼和饮食数据的新方法，现在

8、有很多应用软件能帮你，故D项正确。5.A根据“Every month you should take a look at your goal and see what type of progress youve made.make minor adjustments”可知,该段主要介绍评价和调整自己的减肥行动，故A项正确。Passage 2Building healthy friendships is an important part of your social life. Your friends can have a major influence on how you think,

9、 feel, and behave. But how to choose right friends? Here are some useful ways. 1.Make sure your friends offer emotional support and guidance.Good friends will be willing to support you on a consistent basis, through your high points and your low points. Your friends should offer to support you durin

10、g any difficult times. 1  2.Determine if you have a good balance of giving and taking.推荐精选Good friendships also have a good balance of giving and taking, where you feel mutually supported. 2 You do not feel you are giving or taking more than the other person.  3.Decide if your friends brin

11、g out the best in you.Your friends should also encourage you to develop into the best version of yourself you can be. They should help you focus on how you can be yourself and achieve your goals. For example, maybe you are determined to get into medical school. Your friends may encourage you by aski

12、ng about your studies and by helping you prepare your applications.3And celebrate you when you get into school. 4.Determine if you can communicate effectively with your friends. 4You can share your thoughts and feelings without limits. You should be able to be yourself around your friends and f

13、eel you can share your opinions with them. 5. 5  Good friendships are built on mutual respect and mutual trust. You should feel you can trust your friends. Good friends will stand up for you and support you. You should also develop respect for your friends. Though you may not share all the

14、 same interests or preferences, you should still respect their choices.A.Focus on making friends in person,rather than just online.B.They may also help you relieve the stress of the applications.C.They may also offer guidance and advice when you need it.D.Consider if you trust and respect your frien

15、ds.E.You may volunteer with a group of people who are all supporting a cause.F.You may develop friendships where there is a balance of giving and taking.G.Another key aspect of a good friendship is positive communication.本文是说明文。文章就如何交友给出了五点建议。1.C上文提到无论是顺境还是逆境，朋友都会和你在一起，在任何困难面前都会支持你。C项中提到在需要时朋友会给予指导和

16、建议，与上文一致，故选C项。推荐精选2.F本段主要阐释朋友间给予与得到应维持平衡，与F项中的 “a balance of giving and taking”照应，故选F项。3.B此处具体阐述朋友对自己的帮助，举例来说，假如自己想上医学院，朋友会鼓励自己并帮助准备申请，B项中的 “relieve the stress of the applications”与前一句呼应，故选B项。4.G本段主要阐述与朋友间的有效交流,与G项 “positive communication”一致，故选G项。5.D根据本段第一句 “Good friendships are built on mutual resp

17、ect and mutual trust.”可知，强调的是朋友之间的尊重和信任的重要性，和D项一致，故选D项。Passage 3Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning, and put the blame on the alarm clock. In fact, the key to easy morning wake-up lies in resetting your body clock.1 Heres how to make one.  2 In order to make a change, you need

18、to decide why its important. Do you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family, get in some exercise, or just be better prepared for your day? Once you are clear about your reasons, tell your family or roommates about the change you want to make.  Rethink mornings. Now that you k

19、now why you want to wake up, consider re-arranging your morning activities. If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags. 3Thats a quarter-hour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timer. 

20、Keep your sleep/wake schedule on weekends. If youre tired out by Friday night,sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderful. But compensating on the weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week, a recent study found. 4  Keep a record and evaluate it weekly. Keep track of your

21、 efforts and write down how you feel. After youve tried a new method for a week, take a look at your record.5If not, take another look at other methods you could try. A.Get a sleep specialist.推荐精选B.Find the right motivation.C.A better plan for sleep can help.D.And consider setting a second alar

22、m.E.If the steps you take are working, keep it up.F.Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter the day.G.Reconsider the 15 minutes you spend in line at the cafe to get coffee.本文是说明文。文章主要介绍早上容易醒来的关键在于重新调整生物钟，对睡眠有个好的规划将大有裨益。然后讲述了制定规划的几种方法。1.C此句为过渡句。承上启下，根据下文“Here is how to make one.”可知，此处表示

23、对睡眠有个好的规划将大有裨益。one相当于上文的a better place。2.B此句为主题句。首先形式上要与第二个标题“Rethink mornings.”相一致，然后根据下文内容“你是为了起床和家庭共进早餐、晨练，还是为了更好地休息，为一天做好准备？一旦明确了你的理由,告诉你的家人或室友你想要做的改变。”可知，此处应为B项。3.G此句为过渡句。根据下文“Thats a quarter-hour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timer.”可知，重新考虑排队等待咖啡的15分钟时间，如果你买一个定

24、时咖啡壶，你就可以多享受15分钟的睡眠了。4.F此句为概括句。根据上文可知，周六美美地补一觉是不错，但研究表明，这样会影响下周的睡眠。因此，不管白天是否休息，都要遵守你的作息时间。5.E此句为过渡句。根据下文“If not, take another look at other methods you could try.”可知，尝试了一种新方法一周后，查看一下记录，如果起作用就坚持，不起作用就另寻他法。Passage 4A garden thats just right for youHave you ever visited a garden that seemed just right

25、for you, where the atmosphere of the garden appeared to total more than the sum of its parts?推荐精选1 .But it doesnt happen by accident.It starts with looking inside yourself and understanding who you are with respect to the natural world and how you approach the gardening process.  2  Some p

26、eople may think that a garden is no more than plants, flowers, patterns and masses of color. Others are concerned about using gardening methods that require less water and fewer fertilizers. 3 .However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want to garden. One of them comes

27、from our earliest years. Recall your childhood memoriesOur model of what a garden should be often goes back to childhood. Grandmas rose garden and Dads vegetable garden might be good or bad, but thats not whats important. 4 -how being in those gardens made us feel. If youd like to build a power

28、ful bond with your garden, start by taking some time to recall the gardens of your youth. 5 .Then go outside and work out a plan to translate your childhood memories into your grown-up garden.Have fun. A.Know why you gardenB.Find a good place for your own gardenC.Its our experience of the garde

29、n that mattersD.Its delightful to see so many beautiful flowersE.Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plantsF.You can produce that kind of magical quality in your own garden,tooG.For each of those gardens, write down the strongest memory you have本文为说明文。搭建属于自己的花园，亲近自然，体验种植的快乐，重温童

30、年时代美好的记忆。1.F此句为过渡句，承上启下，根据下文的“But it doesnt happen by accident.”可知，此处要表示自己也能创造出这种效果。故F项合适。2.A此处为标题句，首先形式上要与第二个标题“Recall(回忆) your childhood memories”相一致，因此答案在A与B两项之间选择，根据后面“However, there are a number of other reasons.”可知，此段主要介绍要了解自己种植的原因。推荐精选3.E此处为过渡句。根据开头提及的“Some people may think.”以及后面的“.other reas

31、ons”可知，此处表示“也有另一部分人纯粹是喜欢待在室外亲近自然”。故选E项。4.C此处为过渡句。承接前一句“.but thats not whats important.”以及根据下文破折号后做出的解释可以看出,此处要表达“究竟什么是重要的”，故选C项。5.G此处为过渡句。根据前一句中“.recall the gardens of your youth.”，回忆自己儿时的花园，以及下文“.work out a plan to translate your childhood memories into your grown-up garden.”将这些回忆变成真正的花园，可知此处表示“将记忆

32、最深刻的地方写下来”，故选G项。Passage 5Secret codes keep messages private. Banks, companies, and government agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by computer.People have used secret codes for thousands of years.1 Code breaking never lags far behind code making. The scien

33、ce of creating and reading coded messages is called cryptography. There are three main types of cryptography.2 For example, the first letters of “My elephant eats too many eels” spell out the hidden message “Meet me.”  3 You might represent each letter with a number, for example. Lets numb

34、er the letters of the alphabet, in order, from 1 to 26. If we substitute a number for each letter, the message “Meet me” would read “13 5 5 20 13 5.” A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the message of a real code, you must have a code book.4 For example, “bridge

35、” might stand for “meet” and “out” might stand for “me.” The message “Bridge out” would actually mean “Meet me.” 5 However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long. So codes must be changed frequently. A.It is very hard to break a code without the code book.B.In any language,some le

36、tters are used more than others.C.Only people who know the keyword can read the message.推荐精选D.As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.E.You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.F.With a code book, you might write down words that would sta

37、nd for other words.G.Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.本文为说明文。主要介绍了设置密码的重要性和必要性、密码的历史、隐藏信息的方式以及密码本的重要性。1.D根据下文出现的Code breaking可知，此处介绍的是破译密码的内容，因此选择D项“只要有密码存在，人们就试图破译它”。2.E根据下文举出的例子可知，此处介绍的是隐藏信息的方式之一：把信息隐藏在每一个单词的首字母中，然后把首字母拼在一起，信息就出来了。3.G根据下

38、文举出的例子可知,此处介绍的是隐藏信息的另一种方式：用符号或数字代替特定的字母。4.F根据上文出现的a code book以及下文列举的例子可知，此处说明，用一本密码本，你可以写下代表其他单词的词语。5.A根据下文出现的also hard以及a code book可知，此处想要说明的是，没有密码本想要破解密码是很困难的。Passage 6Everyone knows that fish is good for health.1 But it seems that many people dont cook fish at home. Americans eat only about fifte

39、en pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isnt difficult.2This text is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way.  3 Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that youre standing at the oceans edge.

40、 Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isnt fresh.4When you have bought a fish and arrive home, youd better store the fish in the refrigerator if you dont cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridge for only a day or two. Frozen fish isnt as tasty as the fresh one. 推荐

41、精选 There are many common methods used to cook fish.5First, clean it and season it with your choice of spices. Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound. (A larger one will take more time.)Then, its ready to serve. A.Do not buy it.

42、B.The easiest is to steam it.C.This is how you can do it.D.It just requires a little knowledge.E.The fish will go bad within hours.F.When buying fish, you should first smell it.G.The fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease.本文为说明文。大家都知道鱼对人的健康有好处，本文主要告诉读者如何用一种简单的方法来买鱼和烧鱼。1.G根据该段第一句的内容可知

43、，鱼对人的健康有好处，故此处应谈论鱼对人的健康到底有什么好处。G项的内容能够起到承接上文的作用。2.D上一句提到鱼的购买、贮存和烹调并不难，故D项“它只需要一些知识。”符合本段语境。3.F根据空后的句子主要讲述关于“买鱼时要闻鱼的气味”可知，F项能够与下文相辅相成。故选F项。4.A根据上一句可知，任何鱼腥或刺鼻的气味都说明鱼不新鲜了。故此处用A项来承接上文。5.B根据空前的句子“有多种常见的烧鱼方法。”以及下文主要讲述怎样蒸鱼可知，B项“最简单的方法就是蒸鱼”符合语境。Passage 7Both men and women are living longer these days in ind

44、ustrialized countries.1 In general, they can expect to live six or seven years more than men. One reason for this is biological. 推荐精选One important biological factor that helps women live longer is the difference in hormones between men and women.2 Between the ages of about 12 and 50, women prod

45、uce hormones that are involved in fertility. These hormones also have a positive effect on the heart and the blood flow. In fact, women are less likely to have high blood pressure or to die from heart attacks. 3They help the body defend itself against some kinds of infections. This means that w

46、omen generally get sick less often and less seriously than men. The common cold is a good example: women, on average, get fewer colds than men. 4Scientists are still not exactly sure how genes influence aging, but they believe that they do.Some think that a womans body cells have a tendency to

47、age more slowly than a mans. Others think that a mans body cells have a tendency to age more quickly.5 A.However, women, on average, live longer.B.The biological factor plays an important part.C.Women are also helped by their female genes.D.The female hormones also protect the body in another w

48、ay.E.Recent research seems to support both of these possibilities.F.Therefore, women are more healthy than men and can live a better life.G.Hormones are chemicals which are produced by the body to control various body functions.本文为说明文。当今，在工业化国家，男性与女性的寿命都比较长。但是女性通常能比男性多活六到七年，这是因为男性与女性分泌的激素存在差异，而且女性的基

49、因也起着重要的作用。研究表明，激素能帮助女性很好地控制血压、保护心脏，也能保护身体抵制某些类型的感染。1.A根据上文“当今，在工业化国家，男性和女性的寿命都比较长”和下文“一般来说，她们可以比男性多活六到七年”可知，“她们”是指“女性”，女性比男性活得时间更长一些，故选A项。2.G根据上文“女性的寿命更长，其中一个重要的生物学因素就是男性与女性分泌的激素存在差异。”和下文“12岁至50岁之间，女性产生生育激素。”可知,此处是连接上下文的过渡句，故选G项，意为“激素是一种化学物质，它由肌体产生，并控制肌体的各个功能”。3.D根据上文“事实上，女性患有高血压或死于心脏病的几率要小。”和下文“他们帮

50、助身体抵御某些类型的感染”可知，此处仍然讲述的是激素带来的好处，故选D项，意为“雌性激素也能以另一种方式保护身体”。推荐精选4.C根据下文“虽然科学家们仍不确定基因对衰老的影响”可知，此处应选择与“基因”有关的选项，故选C项，意为“女性的基因也起着重要作用”。5.E根据上文的“Some think that.”和“Others think that.”可知，对于这一问题有两种观点，故选E项，意为“最近的研究似乎支持这两种可能性”。Passage 8The Science of Risk-SeekingSometimes we decide that a little unnecessary d

51、anger is worth it because when we weigh the risk and the reward, the risk seems worth taking.1 Some of us enjoy activities that would surprise and scare the rest of us. Why? Experts say it may have to do with how our brains work. The reason why any of us take any risks at all might have to do w

52、ith early humans. Risk-takers were better at hunting, fighting, or exploring.2 As the quality of risk-taking was passed from one generation to the next, humans ended up with a sense of adventure and a tolerance for risk. So why arent we all jumping out of airplanes then? Well, even 200,000 year

53、s ago, too much risk-taking could get one killed. A few daring survived, though, along with a few stay-in-the-cave types. As a result, humans developed a range of character types that still exists today. So maybe you love car racing,or maybe you hate it.3 No matter where you are on the risk-see

54、king range, scientists say that your willingness to take risks increases during your teenage years.4 To help you do that, your brain increases your hunger for new experiences. New experiences often mean taking some risks, so your brain raises your tolerance for risk as well. 5 For the risk-seek

55、ers, a part of the brain related to pleasure becomes active, while for the rest of us,a part of the brain related to fear becomes active. As experts continue to study the science of risk-seeking, well continue to hit the mountains, the waves or the shallow end of the pool.A.It all depends on yo

56、ur character.B.Those are the risks you should jump to take.C.Being better at those things meant a greater chance of survival.推荐精选D.Thus, these well-equipped people survived because they were the fittest.E.This is when you start to move away from your family and into the bigger world.F.However, we ar

57、e not all using the same reference standard to weigh risks and rewards.G.New brain research suggests our brains work differently when we face a nervous situation.本文为说明文。有人乐于冒险而有人却安于现状，本文中作者为我们分析了冒险意识背后的原因。1.F下文提到，有些人会喜欢一些让他人惊讶、害怕的活动，对前文进一步进行解释说明，与前文紧密衔接。F项的意思是：然而我们权衡风险和收益的参考标准不尽相同。2.CC项的意思是：擅长做那些事情就

58、意味着更大的生存可能。those things指代的就是前文中的打猎、搏斗或探险，与前文紧密相连，故选C项。3.A或许你喜欢赛车，或许你不喜欢。这都取决于你的性格。A项与前文衔接紧密,故选A项。4.E选项中的this指代的是前文中的your teenage years; the bigger world与后文中的new experiences相对应。正是因为从家庭进入到更大的圈子中，才会渴望更多新的经历。5.G该空位于段首，为总起句。G项的意思是：新的大脑研究表明，在面临同一紧张情景时，我们的大脑会做出不同的反应。后文对该句进行了具体解释：喜欢冒险的人在面临紧张情景时大脑中与快乐有关的区域会变得活跃，而其他人则是大脑中与恐惧有关的区域变得活跃。Passage 9Building Trust in a Relationship AgainTrust is a learned behavior that we gain f