【备战2017】高考英语阅读理解练习(附答案)一.

1、【备战 2017】高考英语阅读理解练习（附答案）阅读理解是英语考试中的一个重点和难点。今天，学习方法网小编为大家带来 了高中英语阅读理解练习题，一起来看看！更多内容尽请关注学习方法网！【备战 2017】高考英语阅读理解练习（附答案）一（一Our brains work in complex and stra nge ways.There are some people who cancalculate the day of the week for any give n date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add twoplus two.Others ca

2、n perform complex classical pia no pieces after heari ng them on ce, butthey cannot read or write.Dr.J.Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887.He called these people idiotsava nts.A n idiot sava nt is a pers on who has sig nifica nt men tal impairme nt损伤, such asin autism 孤独症，自闭症 or reta

3、rdation.At the same time, the person also exhibits someextraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people.The skills of the sava nt may varyfrom being excepti on ally gifted in music or in mathematics, or hav ing a photographicmemory.One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate

4、quickly was written in1789 by Dr.Be njamin Rush, an America n doctor.His patie nt, Thomas Fuller, was broughtto Virgi nia as a slave in 1724.It took Thomas only 90 sec onds to work out that a man whohas lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 sec on ds.Despite thisability, he d

5、ied in 1790 without ever lear ning to read or write.Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s.Blind Tom had avocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully.In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on videocassette, Dust in Ho

6、ffma n plays an idiot sava nt who amazes his brother played byTom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculati ons very rapidly.Today we more clearly recog nize that the idiot sava nt is special because of brainimpairment.Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills.Somestudies have

7、show n that people who have purposeful in terruptio n of the left side ofthe brain can develop idiot sava nt skills.However few people wish to participate in suchexperime nts.There are many excelle nt reas ons for notun dergo ing unn ecessary experime ntati on on on es brain. The term idiot sava nt

8、isoutdated and inappropriate.Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and arethus not idiots.72. What does the passage mainly talk about?Adiot sava nts have areas of outsta nding abilities.B. Huma n Beings have complicated thi nking process.C. The brains of the idiot savants are part

9、ly impaired.D. The reas ons why people have won derful skills vary.73. Which of the follow ing can be done by Rain Man?A. He can play won derful pieces of classical music.B. He can guess out exactly the length of a mans life.C. He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast.D. He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly.74. What can you infer from the passage?A.Idiot savants have real talents for art and math.B. Dr.Down is the first person who found idiot savants.C. Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain ope