高一英语阅读理解练习及答案

1、高一英语阅读理解专练之邯郸勺丸创作AWhen many people are worried that thereare no moreheroes in the modern era ， two universitystudents wholost their livesto rescue drowning children have shownthat heroes still exist （ 存 在 ） According to the Inner Mongolia Morning Post ， the tragedy （ 喜 剧 ）occurred onthe afternoon of

2、 December 14,2002 when three school students skating on a frozenlake in Qingcheng Park inHohhot fell through the ice intothe freezingwater More than 20 universitystudents who happened to benear the spot immediatelywent to the rescue of thechildren Two children were quickly rescued ， but the third di

3、ed The child's body was not found for three hours. Two of the rescuers ， Liu Ye and Hao Longbiao ， also died of cold and exhaustion （筋疲力尽）.The body of Haowho took the lead in jumping into the lake was not found until the next day A student who was unwilling to tell his name said he and his class

4、mates from the local college were taking photos at the lake When they heardthe children's cries for help， they went to the ice holehand in hand to rescue the children But the ice keptbreaking ， causing most of them to fall into the icy water Local residents held mourning ceremonies （祭奠仪 式） at th

5、e lakeEight of the students were seriously affected by the freezing water and were being kept in hospital for further observation ， but their lives were no longer in danger 1 . The underlined word “occurred “ here means"A. employedB. mixed C. guided D. happened 2 When the three students fell in

6、to water ， the university students were .A. skating on the ice B. takingphotos at the lakeC. having a picnic D. walking along the lake3 Whichof the following is TRUE according to the passage ？A.Three students died on the same day in all B.Hao Longbiao s body was fou nd on December 14,2002 C The univ

7、ersity students didn t think it dangerous to save the drowning children in the lakeD. Local residents were not brave in face of danger4 It can be inferred thatA. people think little of the two university studentsdeathB. the ice on the lake wasn't strong enough to skate onC. some students regrett

8、ed for what they had doneD. heroes don't agree with the steps of modern times5 . The author wrote thepassage to.A. warn people of the danger ofskating on iceB. call on people to learn from the brave universitystudents livesC.tellustragedyD. advise university students to cherish（珍惜）theirNo one is

9、 glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon （ 外 科 医 生 ） and part of it taken out Today， however ， we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation The sick person falls into a kind of sleep ， and when he awakes ， the operation is finished But these happy conditions are fa

10、irly new Itis not many years since a man who had to have operation feltallitspainLong ago ， operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything The sick man had to beheld down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him. He could feel all the pain if his leg or

11、 arm was being cut off ， and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called “ laughing gas ” Laughing gas became known in America Young men and women went to parties to try it Most of them spent their time

12、laughing， but one man at a party ， Horace Wells ， noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas He decided to make an experiment on himself He asked afriendtohelphimWellstook some of the gas ， and his friend pulledhe gave aout one of Well s teeth Wells felt no pain a

13、t allThe man cried out withAs he didn't know enough about laughing gas man less gas than he should haveWells tried againthe gas ， and thepain when his tooth was being pulled outbut this time he gave too much ofman died Wells never forgot thiseventterrible6. It is since a man being operated felt

14、all thepainA. a few more years B. not longC. few yearsD. two thousandyears7. Long ago, when the sick man was operated on , he. A. could feel nothing B. could not want anythingC. could feel all the pain D. could do anything 8. Using the laughing gas , the people did not seem to A. he afraid of anythi

15、ng B. feel painC. want to go to the parties D. be ill9 If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when anoperation went on , he.A. felt nothing B. felt very comfortable （舒 服 的 ）C . still felt painD. would die10. One who took too much of the laughing gas.A. would laugh all the time B. would

16、dieC. would never feel pain D. would be very calmKeys: 1 5 DBABB 6 10 BCBCB” said the popCThe more you learn, the more you earn, singer Cyndi Lauper as she accepted her high schooldiploma（ 证书 ） , at the age of 35 ! Although Cyndi made itwithout a high school degree, most people don't.In theUSA t

17、oday, about 75% of jobsneed some education ortechnical trainingfurtherthan high school. The lowestwage earners in the USA are those without high school degrees; college graduates（ 结业生 ） outearn those without a college education. People with master's degrees（硕士学位） outearn those with only a bachel

18、or （学士学位）; andthe highest incomes of all are earned by people with advanced professional or academic degrees. These generalizations explain why most of young Americans go to college. However, despite the averages, more diplomas don't always mean more money. Many skilled blue-collar workers, sale

19、speople business executives, and entrepreneurs outearn college professors and scientific researchers. And great athletes and entertainers outearn everyone else!11. Cyndi Lauper .A. had been studying in high school before she was thirty-fiveB. wasn't clever because she graduated from high school

20、too lateC. got her high school diploma when she was already thirty-fiveD. didn't like studying12. Accordingtothepassage,.A. high school diploma and high school degree are the same thingB. people can't get both high school diploma and degreeC. people must get both high school diploma and degr

21、eeD. people can get both high school diploma and degree or either13. Why do most American young people go to college?A. Because their parents force them to go to college.B. Because they can't get a job if they don't go to college.C. Because the situation of the society make them go to colleg

22、e.D. Because they like studying.14. What may the word “ outearn ” mean?A. Earning more money.B. Earning less money.C. Earning no money.D. Working better.15. Which of the following is right?A. If you don't have a diploma, you can't earn money.B. Those who have diplomas always earn more money

23、than those who don't have diplomas.C. Less diplomas always mean less money.D. Great athletes may earn more money than other people.DRoosevelt s active and clever mind helped him greatly through periods of his illness. As soon as he could sit up, he worked on his stamp collection, began to write

24、a history of the United States and a book about John PaulJones a navy hero. He was also ready to try anything that might help him to get well. A member of his familytellsthe following:Roosevelt got a greatdeal ofphysical exercise later simply by crawling around on thefloor.Although now over forty,he

25、 spent hours crawlingaround his library floor like a child. Then he decided tolearn how to go up the stairs by himself. Day after dayhe would pull himself up the stairs by the power of hishands and arms. He insisted thathis family and friendswatch him and talk with him, to give the impression that w

26、hat he was doing an everyday routine （ 例行的 ） action.16. From this passage we know that Roosevelt .A. was good at sports B. couldn t sit upC. was a stamp collector D. was once seriously ill17. John Paul Jones was .A. the man who was ready to help RooseveltB. the writer of the passageC. of the members

27、of Roosevelt s familyD. a hero in the navy18. Roosevelt liked .A. crawling on the floor B. reading and writingC. physical exercise D.climbing stairs19. Roosevelt had a lot of exercise in order to .A. get praised by his friends and family membersB.tell his friends hewas healthyC. get well again D. sh

28、ow he was active and clever20. After a period of exercise. Roosevelt .A. could walk up the stairs with the help of othersB. could crawl upstairs with his feetC. could get upstairs without anybody to help himD. could stand up and walk for a whileKey:11-15C D C A D16-20 D D B C CJoker found one of the

29、 biggest diamonds in the world in his own back yard. He sold the stone to a diamond dealer for over three hundred thousand dollars. In New York, the diamond was resold. This time for almost eight hundred thousand dollars. The true value of a diamond is never known until it has been cut. Once cut suc

30、cessfully, its value can increasea thousand times.It s easy tounderstand why the owner of the Joker diamond went to the best diamond cutterhe knew, Kaplan. The cutter studiedthe diamond for twelve whole months.When he felt he was ready to start work, he discovereda flaw （ 瑕疵 ）. He had to begin with

31、hiscalculations （ 计算 ） all over again, or he might have made the stone useless.Six more months passed, and Kaplanfinally said to the owner, “ I am ready to start my work.There will be one excellent diamond that will be comparable to any in the world, plus eleven small diamonds of first-class quality

32、. ”Kaplan waited a fewmore days until be felt he was in the best physical and mental （ 精 神的 ） condition possible. He pickedup histools and held his breath as he made the firstblow. The diamond split （切开 ） exactly as he promised.21. Joker found one of the biggest diamonds in the worldA. in a minute B

33、. at the foot of a big mountainC. in his own backyard D. in a garage22. A diamond dealer is a person ,A. in the diamond business B. who stores diamondsC. who cuts diamonds D. who sells diamonds23. When the diamond was resold, .A. the dealer lost a lot of moneyJoker made some more moneyC. the dealer

34、got 800,000 dollarsKaplan got 800,000 dollars24. The owner of the diamond thought that if the diamond was cut successfully it mightbe worth .A. $300,000B. $500, 000 C. $300, 000,000 D. $800, 000, 00025. Kaplan studied the diamond for .A. one and a half yearsB. more than half a yearC. over eighteen m

35、onths D. more than monthsB.D.nineteenKey:21 25 CACDCThe nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments outside the jeweller s before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explainedhe would be bringing in his f

36、uture wifetochoose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefullyand told him he d bett er buy a necklace.Hewasn t used to buying jewellery and was a little worried about over-spending. After some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces an

37、d helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o clock. When, half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before.When she was asked to show them some necklac

38、es, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the one she had prepared.A choice wassoon made and they went away satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted when he got married.26. A good title for this passage isA. A Clever AssistantB. Bu

39、ying a Birthday PresentC. How to Choose a NecklaceD. A Brave Young Man27. The word “ overspending ” in this passage means.A. spending too much moneyB. spending too much timeC. spending more time than he plannedD. spending too much time and too much money28. When James told the assistant why he wante

40、d to buy a present, his face.A.turnedpaleB. turned redC. turned yellowD.turned black29. James and Laura reached the shop atA.4:30B.5:00C.5:30D.6:0030. James would come back to buy what he wantedbecause.A. the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy thingsB. the necklace was goodC. L

41、aura liked the necklaceD. the assistant who served James was very beautifulKeys:26-30 AABCAThe Chinese invented paper in 105 A. D. They mixed the bark of a tree and rags （破布 ） with water, puta screen into the mixture, and lifted out a thin piece of wet paper. They dried the paper in the sun.The Chin

42、ese kept their secret of how to make paper until a war with Muslims in the ninth century. The art of papermaking soon spread throughout the Muslim world.The Mayan Indians in Central America and Pacific Islanders also discovered how to make paper, but their knowledge never spread lo the rest of the w

43、orld.For centuries, all paper was made by hand. Rags were the main material. Then a French scientist discovered that people could make paper from wood, too.Finally, in the eighteenth century. a Frenchman inventeda machine to make paper from wood.31. Who discovered how to make paper?A. The Chinese. I

44、slanders.C. The Mayan Indians.32. When did the Chinese passage?A. About 1 ,800 years ago.years ago.C. About 2, 000 years ago.years ago.33. Which of the following that has made it possibleB. The PacificC. All of the above. invent paper according to theB. About 1, 900D. About 2, 100is the most importa

45、nt thingfor paper making industry to develop so quickly in the last few centuries?A. New discoveries.B. New inventions.C. Hardwork.D. Science.34. How was papermaking introduced into the restof theworld from China?A. Through wars, the Muslims.C. Through the Mayan Indians.B. ThroughD. Through the Paci

46、ficIslanders.35. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. The Invention of Paper.B. The History ofPapermaking.C. Different Ways of Making Paper.D. The Invention of a Papermaking Machine.HBefore the print was brought to England in 1476, everything was written by hand. The few peop

47、le who knew how to write were trained in schools set up by the church.Those who made a living by writing for other people were called scribes（ 缮写员 ） 。The work of scribes was not easy. Much of it had to be done fast in order to meet the needs of the King.the church and traders. Most of the writing wa

48、s in Latin（ 拉丁 ） ,but some of it was in the English of the day.And no one was quite sure how some English words should be spelled.One problem was that several letters were written with short vertical strok（竖笔）that all lookedlike each other. Among them were the letters , i, u, v, m and n, Thus .five

49、straight lines in a row might stand for uni nui uvi or mii.As a result .reading was sometimes difficult, especially when the writing was done in a hurry.The scribes solved（ 解决 ）the problem in part, by changing the letter u to o when it came before m. n or v.This is how sum and cum came lo be written

50、as some andcome.At some point, too, the scribesseemed to have decidedthat no English word should be ended by u or v. Thus, in time an e was added to such words as live, have, due and true. It was added, but not pronounced.36. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Everything has

51、been written by hand in English since 1476.B. More than 500 years ago no people made a living by writing for other people.C. The church set up schools to train scribes before 1476.D. Scribes in England worked only for kings and traders.37. Which of the following is false?A. Often the scribes had to

52、work with great speed.B. The spelling of some English words was changed.D. Some scribes of the day were quite sure about the spelling of many English words.38. Sometimes people couldn t read easily.A. because there were too many u s and v s in sonic English wordsB. because most of the writing was in

53、 LatinC. when the writing was in EnglishD. When tile writing was done hurriedly39. The scribes changed u before m to o becauseA. the change helped them write fasterB. the change made reading easierC. um and om had the same pronunciationD. om was the right order40. It is believed that some scribes th

54、oughtA. it important to add an e to every English wordB. the letter e at the end of any word shouldn't be pronouncedC. it natural to change the spelling of sonic Latin wordsD. an English word should be ended neither by n norby vIMan's First real inventions, and one of the most important inve

55、ntions in history, was the wheel. All transportation and machine in the world depend on it.The wheel is the simplest yet but perhaps the most remarkable （ 值得注意的） of all inventions. Becausethere are nowheels in nature no livingthing was evercreated with wheels. How, then, did man come to invent the w

56、heel?Perhaps some early hunters found that they could roll the carcass （ 尸 体 ） of a heavy animal through the forest on log more easilythan they could carry it. However, thelogs themselves weighed a lot.It must have taken a great prehistoric （史前的 ）thinker to imagine two thin slices （ 薄 片 ） of log con

57、nected at their centers by a strong stick, this would roll along just as the logs did and axle came into being, and with them the first carts.41. The wheel is important because .it was man s first real inventionB. all transportation depends on itC. every machine depends on it D. both B and C42. The wheel is called .A. simple B. complicated C. strange D. unusual43. It was remarkable of man to invent the wheel because it led to many other inventionsman had no use for it thenC.