阅读理解(家庭、朋友和周围的人为话题) 专项训练（二） 高考英语二轮复习

1、阅读理解专项训练（二）2022届高考英语复习高考英语阅读训练.第页(共6页)(家庭、朋友和周围的人为话题)A阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案. 17-year-old Maci Currin (USA) is proudly entering the new Guinness World Records 2021 book after being confirmed as having the worlds longest legs (female) and the longest legs on a teenager. Macis legs reach almo

2、st a metre and a half in length! Her left leg measures 135.267 cm (53.255 in), while her right leg measures 134.3 cm (52.874 in). Macis family, from Cedar Park, Texas, are relatively tall but none of her other brothers, sisters or parents quite match her height. Standing at 6 feet 10 inches tall, he

3、r legs actually make up 60% of her total height! She wanted to go after this record title to inspire tall people everywhere to embrace their height. Having such long legs comes with both its benefits and challenges including the reactions of those around her. Around the second year in high school, I

4、 just stopped caring what people thought of me and once I just stopped caring I wasnt affected by anything, she said. I hope that tall women can see that height is a gift and that you shouldnt be ashamed that youre tallyou should really embrace it.Although it can be hard to fit through certain doorw

5、ays, get into cars, or have clothes fit just right, her long legs also give her lots of advantages, especially when it comes to playing on her high schools volleyball team. Maci first realized she had longer than average legs back in 2018, when someone asked her if she wanted a custom pair of leggin

6、gs after she was unable to find any that fitted her. She then investigated whether she could have the official Guinness World Records title for the worlds longest legs (female), and now she is part of history. In the future she hopes to go to college in the UK and achieve the record for being the wo

7、rlds tallest professional model. 1. What can we learn from the passage?A.Maci Currin was born in a big family.B.Macis leg is longer than her upper body.C.Macis parents are in the similar height.D.The height always troubles Maci till now.2. How did Maci feel about her height before?A.Proud.B.Stressed

8、.C.Unashamed.D.Unconfident.3. Long legs benefit Maci when _.A.she is having clothesB.she is getting into carsC.she is playing volleyballD.she is fitting through doorways4. Which is mentioned in Macis future plan?A.To work part-time as a model.B.To be in educational field at college.C.To create anoth

9、er new world record.D.To inspire tall people to start a business.B阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案. Kevin Nicks, 55, a gardener from Oxfordshire, believes hes set a new speed record after clocking 44 miles per hour on the back of his wheelbarrow(手推车) earlier today. Hes called it the “Barrow of Speed”

10、 and thinks he can go even faster when a Guinness World Records representative comes to verify the result in six weeks time. His homemade wheelbarrow, which uses a motorbike engine, was competing at a Straightliners event at Elvington Airfield in North Yorkshire. He said, “Im here with people who do

11、 over 200mph on motorbikes and theyve all said this machine is mad. Its the most strange thing ever to ridethe handles of the wheelbarrow move in all directions. Every journey on it is not just going fast in a straight line, but youre trying to avoid crashing, which is great! The rush is unbelievabl

12、e.”The speed reaches up to 72 kilometres per hour, which is higher than the base speed he was set by the people at Guinness World Records. But hell still have to beat it again to get his name in the famous book for the second time. “As long as it doesnt kill me, Ill have set the Guinness record,” he

13、 said. Mr Nicks previously created the worlds fastest shed(小屋) which hit speeds of more than 100mph on a Welsh beach in 2018. He said he started building the super speedy wheelbarrow shortly after the country went into lockdown to inspire others to be creative and distract them from bad news surroun

14、ding the Covid-19. “I cant change the world but what I can do is try to make it better for some people,” he said. “For me, its rewarding to see the smiles on peoples faces.” Mr Nicks made a smaller version of the Fastest Shed, called Freddy the Sheddy, for children, and has also published a children

15、s book.1. Whats the new record that Kevin Nicks set on his wheelbarrow?A.44 kph.B.72 kph.C.100 mph.D.200 mph.2. What is the recent plan for Mr Nicks?A.He will break another Guinness record.B.He will create another version of shed.C.He will add something to his inventions.D.He will wait for the recor

16、d to be confirmed.3. Which is NOT mentioned in Paragraph 2?A.What the wheelbarrow features.B.What the part of wheelbarrow is.C.Which event Mr Nicks took part in.D.How dangerous it is on the wheelbarrow.4. Whats the purpose for Mr Nicks to make the wheelbarrow?A.To increase his collection of inventio

17、ns.B.To prove that he is the strong man of life.C.To give others inspiration to change the world.D.To create an atmosphere of entertainment for others.C阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案. Army veteran Wayne Dixon and his dog Koda have collected 50 tons of rubbish so far on an epic litter pick around Br

18、itain.Wayne, 47, along with Koda, eight, has already filled 10,000 bin bags and the pair are still only half way into their trip along the coastline. They set out from their home in Lancashire almost three years ago and have covered 3,500 miles so far after crossing off Scotland, Wales, Devon and Co

19、rnwall. They have now made their way along the South coast to Brighton where Wayne joined a party of litter pickers for the Silent Disco Beach Clean to help remove thousands more discarded items. The pairs series of walks are in memory of Waynes father John, who died in 2012. Funds are being raised

20、for the mental health charity Mind. John suffered a kind of disease for many years but was an avid walker and loved coastal paths.Wayne, who is also backed by Keep Britain Tidy, said, You would think the environmental message about the harm caused by littering would have hit home by now but people s

21、till discard rubbish on the beaches which then gets washed out to sea causing marine pollution. Im halfway through my journey round the coast of Britain and Ive been astonished with how much rubbish I have picked up. It is truly shocking that the message is still not getting to some people.Amy Gibso

22、n, organiser of the Brighton clean-up, said, Over 100 volunteers joined in and in just two hours we removed over 60 kilos of litter from the area in little over half a mile. Over 50,000 people visited Brighton beach on Saturdaythe hottest day of the year so farand we are in desperate need of more bi

23、ns down there and for people to start taking ownership of their trash.On his epic journey, Wayne has been giving talks to children in schools and community groups about the need to drum home the environmental message and stop littering.1. What can we learn about Wayne?A.He trained his dog to help hi

24、m pick litter.B.He once served as a community cleaner.C.His favourite sport is to walk along the coast.D.He completed an unbelievable mission to go green.2. The purpose of Waynes walk is to _.A.keep exercising and keep fitB.be in honor of his dead fatherC.raise money for the communityD.promote envir

25、onmental protection3. What made Wayne shocked?A.No one would like to give him a helping hand.B.Tourists were blind to the litter in the attractions.C.More and more people only concerned their own affairs.D.Local people didnt realized the seriousness of pollution.4. What is probably the urgent thing

26、for Wayne to do?A.To set up more bins along the coastal areas.B.To call on more volunteers to remove the litter.C.To write a letter to the government to take action.D.To wake people to pay attention to the environmental protection.D阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案. Emily Egan, 31, who went mute for t

27、wo months after a mystery brain injury, has finally got her voice back, but now speaks with four different accents. Doctors were perplexed after countless tests failed to explain why she lost the ability to speak. And when she finally began to talk again, Emilys voice sounded nothing like the Essex

28、accent she had before. Emily, from Bournemouth, now mostly speaks with a Polish accenteven in “broken English” at timesbut her accent can suddenly change to sound French and Italian as well. If she experiences a lot of stress, her accent will become Russian, and when she is exhausted, Emily can lose

29、 the ability to speak altogether.After months of being confused, Emily has finally been diagnosed with foreign accent syndromea rare speech disorder caused by brain damage. Initially suffering from headaches, she went to hospital and doctors suspected a stroke at first, but tests ruled out. Finally,

30、 she lost the ability to speak altogether and doctors were baffled. They believe her speech disorder was caused by brain damage, but dont yet know what happened to cause the damage.Emily said, “Its not just my accent that has changed. I dont speak or think in the same way as before and I cant constr

31、uct sentences like I used to. I write differently now, my whole vocabulary has changed and my English has got worse.”Emily and her partner Bradleigh, 27, had booked a holiday to Thailand before she fell ill and her doctor encouraged her to take the trip and try to relax as much as possible. Five days into her