高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day269

1、 i高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 269Passage 1Have you ever been faced with trying to stay positive when others around you are negative? A negative person can bring you down and throw your positive plans out of the window. Whether you deal with a family member, friend or co-worker who is negative, there are thin

2、gs you can do to remain positive in the face of negativity?Whatever you do, don t argue with a negative person. Arguing only adds fuel to the fire. I have noticed when my children are crabby, it is best to avoid trying to convince them to analyze and adjust their attitude. As soon as I take the appr

3、oach of being in opposition to them, the situation gets worse before it gets better. Sometimes the best thing to do is remain silent and let negativity pass.You know how difficult it can be to give love and positive attention to negative people. Unfortunately, that is often exactly what they need. A

4、 negative person is usually afraid he is unlovable. How do you show love when someone is negative? You must listen to what he is trying to tell you. Acknowledge the feelings he has by saying something like,“You souvery angry right now. ” How might you help a negative person? Offer a hug even if you

5、get rejected. A negative person often has difficulty accepting love from others.If you have negative people on your life who are affecting your mental and physical health, you need to decide whether or not you want these people in your life. Some people are so negative that you have no other choice

6、but to remove them from your life. However, some people, such as your children, are difficult to remove from your life, in this case, professional counseling咨询）may be the answer.What does the underlined word“ crabby ” in Para.2 mean?A. Quite excited.B. Very lonely.C. Easily annoyed.D. Highly optimis

7、tic.What s the main idea of Para.3?Negative people need care.Negative people make us happy.Negative people can be hurt easily.Negative people are hard to get along with.What does the author suggest doing?Focusing on positive things.Trying to change negative thoughts.Controlling our own negative thou

8、ghts.Staying away from some negative people.In which section of a magazine can we most probably read the text?A. HealthB. RelationshipsC. LifestylesD. Entertainment.Passage 2Get a taste of the amazing world of engineeringDo you want to help shape the future of everything from entertainment and trans

9、port to sport and the environment? Then you might want to think about the fascinating world of engineering. Tomorrows Engineers Week is running 4-8 February 2020, and is the perfect time to get an idea of what engineering is all about.DIO YOU KNDYH/ The Royal Academy of Engineering, which runs lomor

10、row Engineers Week, estimates that the UK needs59.000 new engineers each yearEngineers are the people who use scientific knowledge, ranging from long-established scientific laws to cutting-edge discoveries, to solve problems and improve life for all of us. Tomorrows Engineers Week aims to get young

11、people interested in this exciting career. It also wants to change the way we think about engineers.One place to find out more about engineers is the website .uk, where you can meet 16 young engineers with amazing and different jobs. Theres Halvard, who builds farm robots; andOl

12、ivia, who uses her chemical engineering skills to create soaps and shampoos kind to the skin and the environment. Alice digs train tunnelsdeep underground. Michelle builds rides. As a child, she loved these thrilling rides. At the age of 14, she attended a lecture on roller coaster design, and then

13、she realized that engineering was a great way to turn her passion into her career.If you want to meet some inspirational engineers, ask if your school has signed up to take part in the Big Assembly大型集会）on 6 February. Dont worry if not, though, you can check it out yourself afterwards on the tomorrow

14、.uk website.The goal of Tomorrows Engineers Week is roduce young engineersannounce the latest discoveriesshow the future work of engineersattract the youth s interest in engineeringWhich of the engineers fancies building roller coasters?A. Halvard.B. Olivia.C. Alice.D. Michelle.W

15、hat is the main purpose of the passage?To explain what engineering is all about.To advertise Tomorrows Engineers Week.To encourage schools to sign up for an assembly.To introduce the website .uk.Passage 3To be clear, plastic bags are rightly thought of as a threat thats harmful

16、to human health. According to the National Resources Defense Council, over a decade ago, the average American family took home almost 1,500 plastic shopping bags a year, filling our cabinets, kitchen drawers, and landfills （ 垃圾填埋场 ）. Today the numbers are slightly better: According to National Geogr

17、aphic, as of 2018, shoppers in the United States use almost one plastic bag per resident per day.This is not a story on the evil of plastics, but on whether the reusable bag can justify its existence. Although more environmentally friendly than traditional single-use plastic bags, reusable bags, dep

18、ending on what they are made of, are more energy-intensiv哪能）to recycle.According to a report by the United Nations Environment Program, “dependingon what they are made of, reusable bags might have to be deconstructed in a costly recycling process to separate the different materials. As a result, in

19、many cases, reusable bags are not recycled. That means despite the best intentions, millions of reusable bags designed to replace the need for traditional plastic shopping bags, will also end up in landfills.Another point to consider, not all reusable bags are equal in terms of their recyclability.

20、There are a wide range of reusable bag options on the market, and reusable bags tend to be made of more than one material togive the bag added reinforcement 耐用）and added street fashion. On a life cycle basis, stronger, heavier bags-no matter what material they are made of-will have a more severe env

21、ironmental effect. Thats because heavier bags use more resources to produce as well as distribute.Just like plastic bags did, reusable bags multiply rapidly. Used for promotional （促销的）purposes and marketing of all kinds, reusable bags growing popularity means bags that have been used very little （or

22、 not at all） can be found piled in streets, in garbage cans in city parks, and basically everywhere. Therefore, consumers have come to see them as disposable, defeating their very purpose.In the end, the best practice for reusable bags is to have no half measures: Either use them all the time or don

23、t use them at all. Using a reusable bag once or twice, and then throwing it away, doesnt do the environment any favors.What can we learn from the passage?Plastic bags are refused by environmentalists.Shops in America have limited the use of plastic bags.The need of strong and fashionable reusable ba

24、gs is more than the supply. D. Reusable bags demand more resources to produce and recycle than expected.The words “veryourpose in Paragraph 6 refer to the intention ofbeing left in landfillsbeing used as much as possiblereplacing plastic bagspromoting goods on the marketWhich of the following would

25、be the best title for the passage?How to Recycle Reusable BagsDisadvantages of Plastic BagsReusable Bags? Think Twice!Plastic Bags, Less Popular?Which of the following shows the development of ideas in the passage?Introduction CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point 欢要点）C: ConclusionPassage 4During

26、 his schools “ CollegeColours Day” ,a fourth-grade boy inFlorida, who dreams to become a student of the University of Tennessee, wanted to wear a shirt of the university, but he didnt have one. His teacher, Laura Snyder, suggested that he should wear an orange shirt to show his spirit.When the day f

27、inally arrived, the boy was so excited to show his shirtan orange one with a piece of paper attached to it, on which was his homemade design of the UT logo.But by lunch time, the spirited fan was in tears. Some girls bullied 霸（ 凌 ） him and made fun of his design that he had pinned to his shirt. Back

28、 to Snyder s room, he put his head on desk and was crying, devastated.In hopes of raising the boys spirits, Snyder planned on buying him anofficial University of Tennessee T-shirt, and asked friends online if theyhad contacts with the university who could“ make it a little extra specialfor him. ”The

29、 post immediately went viral and Snyder was contacted by the University of Tennessee informing her that they wanted to send the boy a care package of swag and apparej（装）in support of him.The story, however, didnt end here. The University of Tennessee saidit was turning his“ U.T. ” design into an off

30、icial T-shirt and had pre-soldmore than 50,000 shirts online. The university wont profit from the shirts:It is donating the money to a charity dedicated to （致力于）getting rid of bullying of all forms.When I told him that his design was being made into a real shirt and people wanted to wear it, his jaw

31、 dropped, said Snyder. He had asmile on his face, walked taller, and I could tell his confidence grew!In recognition of the fourth-graders spirit, the university has also extended an offer of honorary admission for him to join the Class of 2032. In addition, he has been awarded a four-year scholarsh

32、ip if he decides to attend UT in 2028 and meets admission requirements.How did the boy react to his schools College Colours Day ?He prepared for it with a creative design.He dreamed of winning a prize on the day.He was afraid of being laughed at on the day.He was shy of joining it without a universi

33、ty shirt.How did the boy probably feel after lunch on the“ College Colour IA. Excited and thankful.B. Confident and happy.C. Shocked and sad.D. Nervous and worried.What Snyder did for the boy shows that.a strong will is vital to successa promise will change ones lifethe youth should be treated equal

34、lycaring love can make a big differencePassage 5Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer.“Thoonly thing I loved was dance, she said. In 2010, however, a caraccident left her paralyzed from the waist down. For Hill, it was not the end of a dancing career but the beginning

35、.Hill danced in her wheelchair right alongside her nondisabled high school dance team. It definitely took a lot of learning and patience to dance in a wheelchair.After graduation, Hill met people online who had suffered various injuries but shared her determination, and she invited them to dance wit

36、h her. It was an amazing experience for her.In 2014 Los Angeles, she formed a team of dancers with disabilitiesshe called the Rollettes.I want to break down the stereotype of wheelchairusers and show that dance is dance, whether you rwalking or you re rolling, she said. Dancing on wheels, the Rollet

37、tes discovered, can be just as fast-paced, artful, and fulfilling as the foot-based variety.Hill has attained what many people never will: her childhood dream.But the Rollettes have helped her find something else just as fulfilling.Every year she holds a dance camp for wheelchair users of all ages a

38、nd abilities. She calls it the Rollettes Experience, and in 2019, 173 participants from ten countries attended.For many, it was the first time they d felt they belonged. Steph Aiellosaid that working with Hill challenged her to be more independent. Edna Serrano said being part of the Rollettes team

39、gave her the courage to get behind the wheel of a car because she had more confidence.The dancers aren t the only ones feeling inspired. One woman saw the team competing and commented, “ You guys are so awesome! I m in tea when you rock! To be in a wheelchair can still be so beautiful!”What do we kn

40、ow about Chelsie Hill from the first two paragraphs?She got seriously injured in a dancing match.She stopped dancing right after a car accident.She dreamed of being a dancer at a young age.She danced in a disabled team in high school.What does the underlined word“ stereotype ” in paragraph 4 refer t

41、o?A. Conservative views.B. Improper behaviors.C. Incurable disabilities.D. Physical weaknesses.What do we know about the Rollettes Experience?Audience spoke ill of the competition.Participants benefited greatly from it.It is aimed to select the best dancers.It made Hill s childhood dream fulfilled.W

42、hat can be a suitable title for the text?Chelsie Hill, An Artful DancerDisability, Good for DancingHelp others; Help YourselfAttaining Dancing Dream In Wheelchair参考答案Passage 1C 词义猜测题。根据上文Whatever you do, don atrgue with anegative person. Arguing only adds fuel to the fire.可知，不管你做什么, 不要和消极的人争论。 争论只会添

43、油加醋。因此推断划线句意： I have noticed when my children are crabby, it is best to avoid trying to convince them to analyze and adjust their attitude（我注意至ij ,当我的孩 子脾气暴躁时, 最好不要试图说服他们去分析和调整自己的态度。 ）由此推知划线词的意思是 “很容易生气” 。故选C。A 主旨大意题。根据第三段中 You know how difficult it can be to give love and positive attention to nega

44、tive people. Unfortunately, that is often exactly what they need.（你知道给予消极的人爱和积极的关注是 多么困难。 不幸的是 , 这往往正是他们所需要的。 ）可知第三段讲述 的是 “消极的人需要关心。 ”故选 A 。D 推理判断题。根据最后一段中 Some people are so negative that you have no other choice but to remove them from your life. （有些人是 如此消极 , 以至于你别无选择, 只能把他们从你的生活中移除。 ） 可知 ,作者建议 “远

45、离一些消极的人。 ”故选D 。B 推理判断题。根据全文内容可知 , 本文主要讲了如果你周围有一些消极的人, 面对他们消极的态度, 你如何保持积极的心态, 怎样去对待他们。我们最可能在杂志的 “人际关系 ”栏目阅读这篇文章。故选 B 。Passage 2D 细节理解题。 根据文章第二段内容“ Tomorrows Engineers Weekaims to get young people interested in this exciting career.（ 明天的工程师周这个项目旨在让年轻人对这个令人兴奋的职业感兴趣。） ”可知 ,明日工程师周项目的目的在于吸引年轻人对这个职业的兴趣。故选D

46、项。D 细节理解题。根据文章第三段末尾内容“ Michellebuildsrides to turn her passion into her caree6（歇尔设计飞车项 目。 当她还是个孩子的时候, 她就喜欢这些刺激的游乐设施。 14 岁时 , 她参加了一场关于过山车设计的讲座, 然后她意识到 , 工程学是把她的热情转化为事业的好方法。 ） ”可知 , Michelle 设计了过山车。 故选 D 项。B 推理判断题。根据文章末尾内容“ Ifyou want to meet someinspirational engineers,.ukwebsit

47、e（如果你想见到一些鼓舞人心的工程师, 问问你的学校是否已经报名参加 2 月6 日的大会。 如果没有, 也不用担心, 你可以在.uk网站上查看）”由止匕到J断出，本文的目的是鼓励参加这个活动。故选B 项。Passage 3D 推理判断题。根据文章第二段末尾句内容“ Althoughmoreenvironmental.are more energy-intensive to recyclM（环保袋比传统的单次使用的塑胶袋更环保, 但可再用的塑胶袋, 视乎它们的成分而定 , 在循环使用上更耗能。 ) ”以及文章第三段内容： According toa re

48、port by - .As a result, in many cases, reusable bags are not recycled.( 根 据 联 合 国 环 境 规 划 署 (United Nations Environment Program)的一份报告，何重复使用的袋子可能要经过成本高昂的回 收过程才能被分解, 以分离不同的材料, 这取决于它们是由什么材料制成的。 ” 因此 , 在许多情况下 , 可重复使用的袋子是不能回收的。 ”)可知 , 可重复使用的袋子在生产方面成分复杂, 在回收起来之后要要花费更高的代 价分 解 。 因此选 项 D“Reusablebags demand

49、more resources to produce and recycle than expected.(可重复使用的袋子需 要比预期更多的资源来生产和回收。 ) ”属于合理推理。故选D 项。B 词义猜测题。根据前文内容“Jusltke plastic bags did, .andbasically everywhere.( 就像塑料袋一样, 可重复使用的袋子迅速繁殖。用于各种促销和市场推广的可重复使用的袋子越来越受欢迎, 这意味着很少使用(或根本不用)的袋子可以在街道上、城市公园的垃圾桶中找到 , 而且基本上随处可见。可知 , 可重复的袋子与塑料袋有着相同的命运 随处丢弃 , 从而使人们忘记

50、了它们存在的目的 可重复使用。因此，句中“very purposed是指 尽可能多地使用故选B 项。C 主 旨 大 意 题 。 文 章 末 尾 段 落 再 次 点 明 主 旨 “ Inthe end, .doesnt do the environment any favors 后,使用环保袋的最 佳做法是不要半途而废:要么一直使用, 要么根本不使用。 一次或两次使用可重复使用的袋子, 然后把它扔掉, 对环境没有任何好处。 ) ”可知 , 作者想要表达的是在使用可重复使用的袋子, 需要多加考虑, 想清楚。选项 C. Reusable Bags? Think Twice!（ 环保袋吗?三思而后行!

51、）贴合主旨 , 可作最佳标题。故选 C 项。A 推理判断题。 文章总体结构为总分总结构。 第一段提出现象：塑料购物袋的使用减少； 第二段为中心点： whether the reusable bag canjustify its existence何重复使用的袋子是否可以证明它的存在？并提出了第一个要点： 虽然环保袋比传统的单次使用的塑胶袋更环保, 但可再用的塑胶袋, 视乎它们的成分而定, 在循环使用上更耗能。） ；第三段也就是第一个次要点： 可重复使用的袋子可能必须在昂贵的回收过程中进行解构, 以分离不同的材料。因此, 在很多情况下, 可重复使用的塑料袋是不可回收的可重复使用的塑料袋是不可回收的。 第四段提出第二个次要点 Anothe