高一英语阅读理解分类训练(文化类）

1、高二英语阅读理解分类训练（文化类） (1) Every people uses its own special word to show its ideas and feelings. Some of these expressi* are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is “Wheres the beef?” It is used when something is not as good as it is said t

2、o be. In the early 1980s “Wheres the beef?” was one of the most popular expressi* in the United States. It seemed as if everyone using it at the time. Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and food is more popular in America than a hamburger made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray be

3、gan building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Ray called this “McDonalds”. Ray became one of the richest businessmen at last in America. Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company called “Wendys” said its hamburge

4、rs were bigger than those sold by McDonalds or anyone else. The Wendys Company began to use the expression “Wheres the beef?” to make people know that Wendys hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendys television advertisement showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was

5、 very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. “Wheres the beef?” she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendys hamburger restaurants was success. As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expr

6、ession “Wheres the beef?”.1. _ started McDonalds restaurant.A. Ray                B. McDonald                C. Wendy                D. Three old women2. Other people wanted to ope

7、n hamburger restaurants because they thought _.A. they could sell hamburgers at a low priceB. hamburgers were easy to makeC. beef was very popular in AmericaD. they could make a lot of money3. Wendys made the expression known to everybody _.A. with many old women eating hamburgersB. by a television

8、advertisementC. while selling bread with a bit of meat in itD. at the McDonalds restaurant4. We can learn from the passage that the expression “Wheres the beef?” means _.A. The beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to beB. The hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be C. It is used

9、 when something is not as good as it is said to beD. Wendys is the biggest (2) The yearly Academy Awards ceremony was once a private affair. Now, because of television, it is very much a public affair. Hundreds of people gather in Hollywood to see the Oscars presented to outstanding(杰出的) actors, and

10、 others involved(参与) in the motion picture industry. Million more watch on television. It all began on May 16, 1929, when 270 men and women sat down to dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. There was no secret about the winners. The names of the winners had been known for months. Janet Gaynor, fo

11、r example, had won as Best Actress. Douglas Fairbanks presented her with the famous gold statue(塑像). The little statue was not then called Oscar. Like a new actor, Oscar was unknown. About six years later, it somehow got that renowned name. A number of explanati* have been offered for its origin(由来)

12、, but nobody knows the true story for certain. Nowadays the results of the Oscar voting are kept secret. Only two people know the winners before the names are announced at the ceremony. The counting of votes is not done by one group of people but by different groups. Nobody except two members of an

13、accounting(计票) company sees the final results. The information is not kept in open files(卷宗). Winners names are placed in closed envelopes. The accountants each carry a complete set of envelopes to the ceremony. One set is simply a spare to be used in case something happens to the other one. 1. As u

14、sed in Paragraph 2, renowned means _. A. strange          B. wonderful     C. much-disliked       D. famous2. May 16, 1929 marks _. A. Douglas Fairbanks first winning of an Academy AwardB. the first time Oscar got its nameC. the f

15、irst time the Awards were kept secretD. Janet Gaynors recognition as Best Actress3. Two sets of envelopes are prepared for the ceremony _. A. one for New York, one for HollywoodB. in order to be perfectly safeC. one for the ceremony, one for the newspapersD. just because that is the custom (3) Mark,

16、 a young person, tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that theres a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases these people are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. “Youve got to want to write,”

17、 I say to them, “not want to be a writer.” The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded(报答). When I left a 20-year job in the U. S. Coast Guard to become a writer, I had no hopes a

18、t all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didnt even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a real writer.After a year or so, however, I still hadnt got a break and began to doubt myself. I

19、t was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasnt going to be one of those people who die wondering “what if”. I would keep putting my dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failur

20、e. This is the shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.1. The passage is meant to _.A. warn young people of the hardship that a successful writer has to experienceB. advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writerC. show young people its unre

21、alistic for writers to seek wealth and fameD. encourage young people to seek good jobs2. What can be concluded from the passage?A. Real writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.B. A writers success depends on luck rather than on effort. C. Famous writers usually live in poverty.D. The

22、 chances for a writer to become successful are small3. Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing work?A. He wasnt able to produce a single book.B. He hadnt seen a change for the better.C. He wasnt able to have a rest for a whole year.D. He found his dream would ne

23、ver come true.4. “Shadow land” in the last sentence refers to _.A. the wonderland one often dreams aboutB. the bright future that one is looking forward toC. a world that exists only in ones imaginationD. the state of uncertainty before ones final goal is reached (4)    In Britain in the 1

24、890s there was a postcard “craze(热潮)”. People formed clubs and collected and exchanged postcards. Even Queen Victoria had her own private collection.     When Edward was the king, the British had a cheap and good postal system. If anyone wanted to tell a friend that they were coming for te

25、a in the afternoon, they would send a postcard in the morning. “Drop me a card” was as common then as “give me a ring” as now.     In 1902 an important step was taken. The government said that half of the side that was used for the address on the postcard could be used for messages, and the whole of the other side could be used for a picture. It was then that the simple postcard, as we know now, was created. 1. In Britain in the 1890s, _. A. people were interested in sending cardsB. people were interested in playing cardsC