2017年高考英语阅读理解练习题7.

1、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项ATo American visitors, Iceland is a very interesting country, partly because it is differe nt in somany ways from what he or she is used to see ing at home. There are quite a few things that are notdone, or that do not exist on the islanquite a few Nos.There is no polluti on

2、, for in sta nee. No dogs are permitted in Reykjavik, the capital. There is notelevisi on on Thursdays or duri ng the en tire month of July, and only three hours of black-and-whiteTV the rest of the time. There is no hard liquor on Wednesdays and no beer at any time. There are nohandguns; only one j

3、ail of thirty-five cells in the entire land an admirable figure, even for a smallcountry of 313,376 people.There is no army, air force or navy. There is no tipping for anything. There are no large stores open on Saturdays or Sun days. Since Icela nd is situated just un der the Arctic Circle, there i

4、s nodarkness in summer and no daylight in winter. But thanks to Gulf Stream, the climate is rather mild,with temperatures ranging from 34 degrees Fahrenheit to 52 degrees in July.The rules on television, liquor, and guns are the result of governmental decision. But the absenceof pollution is due in

5、great part to the fact that Iceland gets its power from the enormous geyser 间歇泉 and the thousands of hot springs that come out of the ground. They provide all the en ergy n eededby the country. In fact, Icela nd uses only 3 perce nt of all its available power.Icela nd has bee n described as a democr

6、atic in depe ndent country where more fish are caughtand more books published per pers on tha n an ywhere else in the world. The Icela nders have alwaysfelt a particular love for literature. They composed their first works in the ninth an d ten th cen turies AD.These works were poems and tales about

7、 the kin gs, heroes, and heroines of Icela nd and Norway. Atfirst the stories were memorized and passed from gen erati on to gen erati on. They were fin ally written dow n betwee n 1140 and 1220. The Icela nders have n ever stopped writi ng ever sin ce. ershoeless thaRa th bookless, they proudly say

8、.1. America n visitors enjoy visit ing Icela nd probably because .A. no dogs are permitted in the capitalB. the police do not carry handgunsC. the climate is rather mild.D. it is very differe nt from America2. The followi ng stateme nts are true EXCEPT .A. there are no soldiers in Icela ndB. the Ice

9、la nders dont drink beerC. there is no service fee of any kindD. there are no crimes in Icela nd3. There is no pollutio n in Icela nd mai nly because .A. Icela nd uses only 3 perce nt of all its available powerB. the Icelanders use hot water from the ground below as their energyC. it is located just

10、 un der the Arctic CircleD. it is a democratic in depe ndent country4. Rather shoeless tha n bookless mea ns .A. they prefer not to have shoes or booksB. they would rather have shoes on than write booksC. they prefer traveling to readingD. they regard books more importa nt tha n shoesBAn old problem

11、 is getting new attention in the United State bullying（恃强凌弱. Rece nt casesin cluded the tragic case of a fiftee n-year-old girl whose family moved from Irela nd. She han gedherself in Massachusetts in January followi ng mon ths of bullyi ng. Her parents criticized her school forfailing to protect he

12、r. Officials have brought criminal charges aga inst several tee nagers.Judy Kucz yn ski is preside nt of an an ti-bully ing group called Bully Police USA. Her daughterTina was the victim of severe bullying starting in middle school in the state of Minn esota. She said,Our daughter was a very outgo i

13、ng child. She had a bubbly pers on ality, very invo Ived in all kinds ofthi ngs, had lots of frie nds. And over a period of time her grades fell completely. She started hav inghealth issues. She could nt sleep. She was nt eat ing. She had terrible stomach pains. She startedclen chi ng her jaw and gr

14、inding her teeth at ni ght. Didnt want to go to school.Bullying is defined as negative behavior repeated over time against the same person. It caninvolve physical violenee. Or it can be verbal for example, insults or threats. Spreadi ng lies aboutsome one or exclud ing a pers on from a group is know

15、n as social or relatio nal bully ing.And now there is cyber bullying, which uses the Internet, e-mail or text messages. It has easyappeal for the bully because it does not invo lve face-to-face con tact and it can be done at any time.The first serious research studies into bullying were done in Norw

16、ay in the late 1970s. The latestgovernment study in the United States was released last year. Itfound that about one-third of students age twelve to eighteen were bullied at school.Susa n Sweater is a psychologist at the Un iversity of Nebraska-L incoln and codirector of theBullying Research Network

17、. She says schools should treat bullying as a men tal health problem to getbullies and victims the help they n eed. She says bully ing is connected to depression, anxiety andanti-social behavior, and bullies are often victims themselves.5. From the case of Tina, we can know that .A. bully ing is rar

18、e in schoolB. victims suffered a lotC. schools are to blame for bullyi ngD. pers on alities are related with bullyi ng6. Cyber bully ing is appeali ng to the bully because_.A. it can invo Ive more peopleB. it can create worse effectsC. it is more convenientD. it can avoid cheati ng7. Accord ing to S

19、usa n Sweater,.A. bullies are an ti-socialB. bullies should give victims helpC. victims are not equally treatedD. bullies themselves also n eed help8. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?A. 15-Year-Old Irish Girl Committed SuicideB. Girl s Suicide Brings Fresh Attention to Bully

20、ingC. Cyber-Bullying Taking Off in SchoolsD. How to Solve the Problem of Bullyi ng Among TeensCMach ines in the home have a short history. Sewi ng mach in es, washi ng mach inesand tumble dries are com mon eno ugh today, but a hun dred years ago, few people could eve n imagine such thi ngs. However,

21、 i nven tors have desig ned and built a wide range of household mach inessince the n. In most cases the inven tor tried to pate nt his mach ine, to stop anyone copy ing it. If themach ine became popular, the inven tor could make a lot of mon ey.In 1790 the first sew ing mach ine was pate nted. The i

22、nven tor was an En glishma ncalled Thomas Sai nt. There was nothing to match his mach ine for forty years, and the n some onebuilt a similar device. He was a Fren chma n, Bartelemy Thim onier. Neither of these early mach inesworked very well, however. It was n t un til 1846 that an inven torcame up

23、with a really efficie nt sew ing mach ine. He was an America n, Elias Howe and his mach inewas good eno ugh to beat five skilled sew ing wome n. Hedidn t make much money from it, however. The first commercially successful sew ing machi newas pate nted by Isaac Sin ger five years later.Today, we take

24、 wash ing mach ines for gran ted, but there was none before 1869. The revoIvingdrum （旋转桶 of that first machine set a pattern for the future, but it was crude by today s standards.The drum was turned by hand, and needed a lot of effort. Eight years passed before some oneproduced an electric wash ing

25、mach ine. The world had to wait eve n Ion ger for a mach ine to dryclothes. The first spin-drier was ano ther America n invention, patented in 1924; but it was 20 yearsbefore such machines were widely used.It was yet another American, called Bissell, who introduced the carpet sweeper. He patented th

26、eoriginal machine back in 1876. It didn t pick up dirt very well, but it wasquicker tha n a dustpa n and brush. Thirty-six years later, eve n the carpet sweeper was old- fashi on ed:moder n homes now have a vacuum clea ner with an electric motor to suck the dust.9. Inven tors pate nt the inven ti on

27、s so as to_ .A. produce more new machi nesB. avoid being copied by othersC. make the inven ti ons more popularD. make more money10. Accord ing to the article, moder n inven tors_.A. had to wait for the first spin-drier for a long timeB. only imitated the first washing machineC. powered the first eve

28、r-made wash ing mach ine by electricityD. followed the pattern of the first revoIving drum but improve it much11. The underlined wcrd “ crude ” in paragraph 3 means_.A. quite uselessB. ugly-look ingC. much tougherD. not skillfully made12. The article mai nly tells us about_.A. the great inven tors i

29、n the worldB. the important inventions in the worldC. the short history of household mach inesD. the importance of the machines used in the homeDPeople fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvetthe story ofVelvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famo

30、us horse race. At first, the producers of themovie told Taylor that she was too small toplay the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few mon ths as she exercised andtraineand added three in ches to her height in four mon ths! Her act ing in Nati onal Velvet is still considered the bes

31、t by a child actress.Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her pare nts, both America ns, had moved there forbus in ess reas ons. Whe n World War II started, the Taylor moved to Beverly Hills, California, and thereElizabeth started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Taylor h

32、ad no trouble movi ng in toadult roles an d won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8(1960 and Whos Afraid of Virgi nia Woolf (1966Taylors fame and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie in dustry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 milli on f

33、or her part in Cleopatr the highestpay received by any star up to that time.Elizabeth Taylor is a lege nd of our time. Like Velvet Brow n in Nati onal Velvet, she has been lucky;she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acts in movies any more.I nstead, she puts h

34、er time and efforts into her bus in esses, and into help ing othersseveral years ago,she foun ded an orga ni zati on that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.13. The producers did nt let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because theythought she_ .A. was small in sizeB.

35、was too youngC. did not play well eno ughD. did not show much in terest14. What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brow n had in com mon was that they wereboth_.A. popular all their livesB. famous actressesC. successful whe n very youngD. rich and kin d-hearted15. Taylor became Best Actress at the age of_.

36、A. 12B. 28C. 31D. 3416. I n her later life, Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to_ .A. doing bus in ess and help ing othersB. tur ning herself into a lege ndC. collect ing money for the poorD. going about research and educati on workETech no logy: Taking the good without the bad? Very soon, uni mag in

37、 ably powerfultech no logies will remake our lives. This could have dan gerous con seque nces, especially because wemay not even understand the basic scienee underlying them. There s agrow ing gap betwee n our tech no logical capability and our basic scie ntific un dersta nding.We can do very clever

38、 things with the tech no logy of the future without n ecessarily un dersta nding some ofthe scie nee undern eath, and that is very dan gerous. The tech no logies that are particularly dan gerousover the n ext hun dred years are nano tech no logy （纳 米技术,artificial in tellige nce and biotech no logy.T

39、he ben efits that they will bring are bey ond doubt. But they are going to be very, very dan gerous. I workingin the field of artificial intelligence. I have a model design for something thatmight be 50,000 million times smarter than the human brain. Target date is 2010. The on ly thi ng thats notpo

40、ssible in the film Termi nator(终结者 is that the people win .If youre fighti ng aga inst tech no logy whichis 50,000 millio n times smarter tha n you, you probably will not win. Nano tech no logy. Weve all heard ofthe grey glue problem, that self-replicat ing nano tech devices might keep on copy ing u

41、n til the world hasbecome sticky glue. And certai nly in biotech no logy, weve really got a big problem because its conv erging with nano tech no logy and IT. Once you start mixi ng nano tech with orga ni sms and you start feed ingnano tech-e nabled bacteria, we can really go an awful lot further than the Borg in Star Trek 星际迷航.Andthose superhuman organisms might not like us very much. Eve ntually these tech no logies will becomerouti ne. That s a threat tohumanity. I don t think it s possible to slow it down. So what we need to do is acceleratethe scientific research