芜湖市高考英语阅读理解试题(及答案)

1、芜湖市高考英语阅读理解试题（及答案）一、高中英语阅读理解1 .阅读理解At first, Michael Surrell didn't see the black smoke or flames shooting from the windows of his neighbors' home. He and his wife had just parked around the corner from their own house in Allentown, Pennsylvania, when they got a call from one of his daughter

2、s, "The house next door is on fire!" He went to investigate. That's when he saw two women and a girl hysterical （ 歇斯底里 的）on their porch."The baby's in there!" one of the women cried. Though the fire department had been called, Surrell, then 64, instinctively ran inside. &

3、quot;The baby" was 8-year-old Tiara Roberts, the woman's granddaughter and a playmate of Surrell's three youngest kids, then 8, 10, and 12. The other two on the porch were Tiara's aunt and cousin.Entering the burning house was like "running into a bucket of black paint," S

4、urrell says. The thick smoke caused him to stumble blindly around, burned his eyes, and made it impossible to breathe. The conditions would have been hazardous for anyone, but for Surrell, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease （ 慢性阻塞性肺疾病 ）,they were life-threatening. He was the last person w

5、ho should have run into a burning building- he has lung disease. But that didn't stop him.After a few minutes in the smoke filled house, he retreated outside to catch his breath. "Where is Tiara?" he asked desperately." The second floor." her aunt shouted back.Surrell knew he

6、 couldn't hold his breath for long. So he uttered a little prayer, "Well, Lord, this is it. You gotta help me, because I'm not coming out without that little girl." Taking a deep breath, he went in a second time.The darkness was overwhelming. Yet because the house had a similar lay

7、out to his, he found the stairs and made it to the second floor. He turned to the right and was met by intense heat. He was already out of breath."Baby girl, where are you?" His throat and lungs burned as if he'd inhaled fire instead of the smoke and soot in the air. Every blink stung

8、his eyes. All he could hear was the crackling and popping of burning wood. CD_ .Still unable to see, Surrell fell to his knees on the hot wood floor. He crawled toward the sound, feeling around for any sign of the girl. An ominous thought crossed his mind: I'm probably gonna die up here.Finally

9、he touched something. A shoe, then an ankle. He pulled Tiara toward him. d Her body was limp and she wasn't breathing. He scooped her into his arms and stood. He felt the heat of the flames on his cheeks. Turning, he fought through the smoke and ran blindly into the blackness. The next thing he

10、knew, he was at the front door, then outside. Surrell put Tiara down on the porch.（3L. A voice told him, "You have to breathe for her." He started CPR -the first time he'd ever done so. The women stood behind him, praying silently. Soon a soot-filled cough came from Tiara's throat.

11、 Surrell gave five more breaths. She coughed again. Her eyes flickered. He gave one final breath. She opened her eyes and took a breath on her own.Their eyes met. Surrell hugged her tight and said, "Uncle's got you. Soon after, his throat closed off.Surrell woke up in the hospital a couple

12、of days later, having suffered severe burns to his windpipe and the upper portion of his lungs. He spent over a week in the hospital. Tiara was released from the hospital after a few days. The fire exacerbated Surrell's pulmonary condition, and he feels the effects even two years later. As a res

13、ult, he takes extra medication that helps open his airways. "It's a small price to pay," he says. "I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Wouldn't give it a second thought."(1) Michael Surrell ran to save "the baby" mainly becauseA.he was on the scene casuallyB.he

14、was driven by instinctC.his daughter was in dangerD.his own house was at risk(2) Why should Surrell be the last person to run into a burning building?A.The fire department had been called.B.He was 64 years old at that time.C.The condition was life-threatening.D.He had chronic pulmonary disease.(3) I

15、n the course of rescue, Surrell .A.had to move out for breath because of smokeB.was prevented by the overwhelming smokeC.made it to the second floor without any troubleD.could clearly hear the sound made by the baby(4) Which blank could the sentence "Then a weak but distinct voice emerged"

16、 be best put in?A.B.C.D. From the last paragraph, we can learn that.A.Surrell came back to life a week laterB.Tiara had to stay in hospital for weeks C.Surrell's disease became more serious D.Tiara needed further extra medication(6) What can be a suitable title for the passage?A.Breathe for HerB

17、.Struggle to surviveC.A small price to payD.A man with lung disease【答案】(1) BD（ 3） A（ 4） A（ 5） C（ 6） A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，一个患有慢性阻塞性肺疾病的人不顾个人安危去邻居家着火的房子里成功救出小女孩，因此造成他肺部疾病加重，但是他对自己所做的从不 后悔。（ 1）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“ Thoughthe fire department had been called, Surrell,then 64, instinctively ran inside. 虽然已经给消防队打电话

18、了，但当时 ”64 岁的萨雷尔还是本能地跑了进去，可知Surrell 跑进去救婴儿是因为本能驱使，这里instinctively 本能地是instinct 的副词形式，故选B。（ 2）考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“ but for Surrell, who has chronicobstructive pulmonarydisease （慢性阻塞性肺疾病），they were life- threatening 但对于患有慢性阻塞性肺疾病的Surrell 来说，当时的火势对他来说是危及生命的，所以Surrell 是最不应该冲进着火大楼的人，故选D。（ 3）考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“ Aft

19、era few minutes in the smoke filled house, heretreated outside to catch his breath. 在烟雾弥漫的房子里呆了几分钟后，他退到外面喘口 ”气，可知在烟雾弥漫的房子里救人，期间Surrell 不得不出来喘口气，故选A。（ 4）考查推理判断。第一个空前“ All he could hear was the crackling and popping of burningwood. ” 他只能听到燃烧木头的噼噼啪啪声，选项A“ Then a weak but distinct voice emerged然后出现了一个微弱

20、但清晰的声音，句子中的Then 在时间上承接前一句，空格后一句“ Stillunable to see”还是看不见，承接选项A工个微弱但清晰的声音”，可以判断听到声音但还是看不见人，故选A。（ 5）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“ The fire exacerbated Surrell's pulmonary condition.大火加剧了Surrell 的肺部疾病，可知 Surrell 的病情变得更严重了，故选C。He（ 6）考查主旨大意。根据倒数第三段中的“ A voice told him, You have tofobrrehaetrh. e started CPR . Sh

21、e opened her eyes and took a breath on her own. 可知， Surrell 给女孩做人工 ”呼吸，女孩最终可以自己呼吸活过来了，人能活下来要呼吸给心肺供氧，呼吸非常重要，用 breathe for her 做主题引申Surrell 挽救了女孩的生命，故选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，进行分析，推 理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。2 假定你是李华,收到英国笔友George 的邮件,请你介绍中国家庭聚会的情况（饮食、时间、活动等）。请给他

22、写一封邮件。注意：1.词数100左右；2 .可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear George,Yours,Li Hua【答案】Dear George,Knowing that you're interested in what our Chinese family gatherings are like, I'm glad to introduce some of my experience with you.We Chinese like to get together with our family very much, especially on important

23、days such as festivals and birthdays. Most of the time, we bring gifts to the elders and the kids. Eating is one of the most necessary part of the gathering, which is usually prepared by family members together. Not only is the various food delicious but the time we spend making and enjoying it toge

24、ther is enjoyable. Adults chatting and children playing around, this is the typical scene of a happy family gathering.Hope one day you can come and experience by yourself!Yours,Li Hua【解析】【分析】本题是一篇英文信件，要求考生以李华的身份给英国笔友George 写一封邮件，介绍中国家庭聚会的情况（饮食、时间、活动等）。考生要认真阅读提示，列出提纲和要点，并以此为基础充分发挥自己的想象力，灵活运用英语知识，采用不同

25、的表达方式将各要点完整地表述出来。写作时注意时态、语态的合理运用，主次分明，同时应选用合适的连接词或过渡词，适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。【点评】本书面表达要点齐全，上下文连贯，使用一定数量的句式结构，让句子更加生动丰满，同时运用了许多高级词汇和固定短语，提高文章的档次，体现了对英语的熟练的驾驭能力。例如：Knowing that you're interested in what our Chinese family gatherings are like,I'm glad to introduce some of my experience with you. 运用了现在分词

26、作原因状语和宾语从句； Eating is one of the most necessary part of the gathering, which is usually prepared by family members together. 运用了非限制性定语从句；Not only is the various food delicious butthe time we spend making and enjoying it together is enjoyable. 运用了倒装句，并列句和限制性定语从句；Hope one day you can come and experien

27、ce by yourself! 运用了祈使句和并列句。3 . （2019?全国m ）阅读理解Before the 1830s, most newspapers were sold through annual subscriptions in America, usually $8 to $10 a year. Today $8 or $10 seems a small amount of money, but at that time these amounts were forbidding to most citizens. Accordingly, newspapers were re

28、ad almost only by rich people in politics or the trades. In addition, most newspapers had little in them that would appeal to a mass audience. They were dull and visually forbidding. But the revolution that was taking place in the 1830s would change all that.The trend, then, was toward the "pen

29、ny paper"-a term referring to papers made widely available to the public. It meant any inexpensive newspaper; perhaps more importantly it meant newspapers that could be bought in single copies on the street.This development did not take place overnight. It had been possible（but not easy）to buy

30、single copies of newspapers before 1830,but this usually meant the reader had to go down to the printer's office to purchase a copy. Street sales were almost unknown. However, within a few years, street sales of newspapers would be commonplace in eastern cities. At first the price of single copi

31、es was seldom a penny-usually two or three cents was charged-and some of the older well-known papers charged five or six cents. But the phrase "penny paper" caught the public's fancy, and soon there would be papers that did indeed sell for only a penny.This new trend of newspapers for

32、"the man on the street" did not begin well. Some of the early ventures(企业)were immediate failures. Publishers already in business, people who were owners of successful papers, had little desire to change the tradition. It took a few youthful and daring businessmen to get the ball rolling.(

33、1) Which of the following best describes newspapers in America before the 1830s?A. Academic.B. Unattractive.C. Inexpensive.D. Confidential.(2) What did street sales mean to newspapers?A. They would be priced higher.B. They would disappear from cities.C. They could have more readers.D. They could reg

34、ain public trust.(3) Who were the newspapers of the new trend targeted at?A. Local politicians. B. Common people. C. Young publishers. D. Rich businessmen. (4) What can we say about the birth of the penny paper?A. It was a difficult process.B. It was a temporary success.C. It was a robbery of the po

35、or.D. It was a disaster for printers.【答案】(1) B C (3) B (4) A 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了便士报纸”的诞生历程。(1)细节理解题。将题干中的1830s定位在文章的第一段，根据 these amounts wereforbidding to most citizens 和 most newspapers had little in them that would appeal to a mass audience可知，当时只有富人才能读报纸，而且大多数报纸中几乎没有能吸引大众的内 容，让人感觉无聊。由此可得出那时白报纸没有什么吸引力。A

36、. Academic学术的；B. Unattractive没有吸引力，无魅力的；C. Inexpensive廉价的，不贵的；D. Confidential机密的，保密的。故答案为Bo(2)推理判断题。根据第二段提到便士报纸”针对大众，很便宜的。更重要的是，在街上可以买至U报纸。结合第三段中间的street sales of newspapers would be commonplace ineastern cities可知，报纸的街头销售随处可见。由此可推断出，街头销售意味读报纸的多 了。故答案为Co(3)细节理解题。根据第二段中的referring to papers made widely

37、 available to the public 可知，这种 便士报纸”是针对大众的，在街上可以买得到报纸。所以这种报纸针对的是普通 老百姓，故答案为 B。(4)推理判断题。根据最后一段中的did not begin well immediate failures , 便士-报纸”新趋势一开始并不好，一些早期的尝试立即失败了。后来一些年轻而大胆的商人才推 动了这件事。由此可推断出便士报纸”的诞生是一个困难而曲折的过程。故答案为Ao【点评】这是一篇科普类的说明文，阅读时把握文章的主旨，然后快速浏览文章内容。阅读问题时，确定问题中的关键词，然后在文章中准确定位，认真分析相关的语句即可得到 答案。4

38、.阅读理解Last week, Vodafone started a test of the UK's first full 5G service, available for use by businesses in Salford. It is part of its plan to trial the technology in seven UK cities. But what can we expect from the next generation of mobile technology?One thing we will see in the preparation

39、for the test is lots of tricks with the new tech. Earlierthis year, operators paid almost£ 1.4 billion for the 5G wavelengths, and to compensate for thatcash, they will need to catch the eye of consumers. In September, Vodafone used its bit of the range to display the UK's first hologram (

40、全,息)call. The Manchester City captain Steph Houghton appeared as a hologram in Newbury. It isn't all holograms, however: 5G will offer faster internet access, with Ofcom (英国通讯管理局 )suggesting that video that takes a minute to download on4G will be available in just a second.The wider application

41、is to support connected equipment on the "internet of things" -not just the internet-enabled fridge that can reorder your milk for you, but the network that will enable driverless cars and delivery drones (无人机)to communicate with each other.Prof William Webb has warned that the technology

42、could be a case of the emperor's new clothes. Much of the speed increase, he claims, could have been achieved by putting more money in the 4G network, rather than a new technology. Other different voices have suggested that a focus on rolling out wider rural broadband access and addressing curre

43、nt network coverage would be more beneficial to the UK as a whole.Obviously, 5G will also bring a cost to consumers. It requires a handset for both 5G and 4G, and the first 5G-enabled smart phones are expected in the coming year. With the slow pace of network rollout so far, it is likely that consum

44、ers will end up upgrading to a new 5 G phone well before 5 G becomes widely available in the next couple of years.(1) Why does Prof William Webb say "the technology could be a case of the emperor's new clothes"?A. He is in favor of the application of the new technology.B. 5G will bring

45、 a cost to consumers in their daily life.C. 5G helps people communicate better with each other.D. He prefers more money to be spent on 4G networks.(2) The underlined word "addressing" in the fourth paragraph has the closest meaningto.A. making a speech to B. trying to solve C. managing to

46、decrease D. responding to (3) The last paragraph indicates thatA. it'll take several years .to make 5G accessible to the public in the UKB. 5G service shows huge development potential and a broad marketC. customers are eager to use 5G smart phones instead of 4G onesD. it's probable that 5G n

47、etwork rollout is speeding up in Britain（ 4） What do we know about the text?A. Vodafone is successful in spreading the 5G service.B. Steph Houghton appeared as a hologram by 4G.C. The application of 5G will make life much easier.D. 5G phones are available in rural areas of the UK.【答案】（ 1 ） D（ 2） B（

48、3） A（ 4） C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述的是4G 向 5G 的转变。5G 会给人们带来更多的好处，使人们的生活更加舒适。（ 1）细节理解题。根据第四段中Prof William Webb has warned that the technology could bea case of the emperor's new clothes. Much of the speed increase, he claims, could have been achieved by putting more money in the 4G network, rather tha

49、n a new technology. 可知， Prof William Webb 说 “这项技术可能是皇帝新衣的一个例子”是因为他更愿意把更多的钱花在4G网络上。故选D。（ 2）词义猜测题。根据第四段中Other different voices have suggested that a focus on rollingout wider rural broadband access and addressing current network coverage would be more beneficial to the UK as a whole. 其他不同的声音表示，集中精力推广更

50、广泛的农村宽带接“入，解决目前的网络覆盖问题，将对整个英国更有利。”由此推知划线词的意思是“试图解决 ”。故选B。（ 3）推理判断题。根据最后一段With the slow pace of network rollout so far, it is likely thatconsumers will end up upgrading to a new 5 G phone well before 5 G becomes widely available in the next couple of years.可知，最后一段指出，让5G在英国向公众开放需要几年的时间。故选A。（ 4）推理判断题。根

51、据第二段中5G will offer faster internet access, with Ofcom （ 英国通讯管理局 ） suggesting that video that takes a minute to download on 4G will be available in just a second.可知，5G的应用将使生活变得更容易。故选C。【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查，是一篇说明类阅读，要求考生先从问题中抓住关键性词语（题眼），然后以此为线索，运用略读及查读的技巧快速在文章中寻找与此问题相关的：段落、语句，仔细品味，同时根据上下文进行分

52、析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。（ 5） 理解Everybody, at some point in their lives, has experienced failure. It could be something as simple as not getting the job you wanted, or getting fewer marks even after hard work. But what makes you is not your failure, but how you get back up after being hit.Once, a young s

53、chool boy was caught in a fire accident in his school and was assumed that he would not live. His mother was told that he was sure to die, for the terrible fire had destroyed the lower half of his body. Even if he were to survive, he would be lame throughout his life.But the brave boy did not want t

54、o die nor did he want to be lame. Much to the amazement of the doctor, he did survive. But unfortunately from his waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just hung there, lifeless. Eventually he left the hospital. But his determination to walk was unshakable. At home, when he was not in b

55、ed, he had to stay in a wheelchair. One day, he threw himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He reached the fence, raised himself up and then began dragging himself along the fence, firmly determined. He did this every day, with faith in himself tha

56、t he would be able to walk unaided.With his iron determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk on and off, then to walk by himself and then to run.He began to walk to school, and then run to school, to run for the joy of running. Later in college he was on the track team.In Feb

57、ruary 1934, in New York City's Madison Square Garden, this young man who was not expected to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run-this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile.A good example of the power of positive thinking and fa

58、ith in one's self, Glenn Cunningham continues to be an inspiration for many, and his story, a brilliant evidence to how one can bounce back even when all difficulties are piled against one, to the degree that death seemed the preferable option.(1) The first paragraph is intended to.A. present an

59、 argumentB. make preparations for statementC. arouse readers' interestD. function as a brief introduction(2) What was the doctor's opinion about Glenn?A. Glenn was able to walk with his own great effort.B. Great determination could make a difference to Glenn.C. There was a slim chance that Glenn could survive.D. Glenn could live a normal life with the upper halt" of his body.(3) What do we know about Glenn?A. Glenn took recovery exercise