高考英语阅读冲刺：阅读理解17份-高考英语阅读冲刺：阅读理解2

阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

A

“HowcanIlearnEnglishwell?”Thisisaquestionmanystudentsask.

Inmyopinion,themosteffectivewayistolearnlessonsbyheart.If

youcanrecitethetextandwriteitout,you'velearneditfairlywell.

Andifyoucantell,inyourownwords,whatthelessonsaysyou'rea

verysuccessfullearnerindeed.YourEnglishwillbequiteperfect.

Thisisadifficulttask.However,ifyoutrytolearnbyheartonlypart

ofeachlesson,you,11finditnothalfsohardasyoumighthavethought.

Learningthisway,youwillmakerapidprogress.Ofcourse,writingis

alsonecessary.IthelpsyoualotonourwaytosuccessinEnglish.

Equallyimportantistofeelthelanguage.Youshouldbeabletolaugh

atjokesandbeshockedatbadnews.WhenusingEnglish,trytoforget

yourmothertongue.Insteadofhelpingyou,yourownlanguagegetsinyour

way.So,nevertrytoseeEnglishthroughtranslation.

56.Inthewriterysopinion,themosteffectivewayinlearningEnglish

is.

A.topractisespeaking,writingandfeelingit

B.toforgetyourownnativelanguage

C.totranslateeverythingintohisownlanguage

D.tomemorizetheEnglishwordsandgrammaticalrules

57.“Insteadofhelpingyou,yourownlanguagegetsinyourway.This

sentencemeansthatmemorizingyourownlanguagecan.

A.helpyoutostudyEnglishwell

B.stopyoumasteringEnglish

C.makeEnglisheasytolearn

D.helpyounoticemistakes

58.Equallyimportantistofeelthelanguage,“tofeelthelanguage

heremeans.

A.togetaknowledgeofEnglishbytouching

B.tobeabletoreadandwriteEnglish

C.totranslateEnglishintoyourownbyimagining

D.tobeabletoexperiencetherichsensationofthelanguage

B

Whenwecanseewell,wedonotthinkaboutoureyesoften.Itisonly

whenwecannotseeperfectlythatwecometoseehowimportantoureyes

are.

Peoplewhoarenearsightedcanonlyseethingsthatareveryclosetotheir

eyes.Manypeoplewhodoalotofclosework,suchaswritingandreading,

becomenearsighted.Thentheyhavetowearglassesinordertoseedistant

thingsclearly.

Peoplewhoarefarsightedfacejusttheoppositeproblem.Theycansee

thingsthatarefaraway,buttheyhavedifficultyreadingabookunless

theyholditatarm,slength.Iftheywanttodomuchreading,theymust

getglassestoo.

Otherpeopledonotseeclearlybecausetheireyesarenotexactlythe

rightshape.This,too,canbecorrectedbyglasses.Somepeople'seyes

becomecloudybecauseofcataracts.Longagothesepeopleoftenbecame

blind.Now,however,itispossibletooperateonthecataractsandremove

them.

Whennightfalls,colorsbecomefaintertotheeyesandfinallydisappear.

Afteryoureyeshavegrownusedtothedark,youcanseebetterifyou

usethesideofyoureyesratherthanthecenters.Sometimes,afterdark,

youseeasmallthingtoonesideofyou,whichseemstodisappearifyou

turnyourheadinitsdirection.Thisisbecausewhenyouturnyourhead,

youarelookingatthethingtoodirectly.Menonguarddutysometimes

thinktheyseesomethingmovingtoonesideofthem.Whentheyturnto

lookstraightatit,theycannotseeitanymore,andtheybelievethey

weremistaken.However,thismistakehappensbecausethecenterofthe

eye,whichisverysensitiveindaylight,isnotassensitiveasthesides

oftheeyeafterdark.

59.Wedon,tknowthatoureyesareofgreatimportanceuntil.

A.wethinkaboutoureyes

B.wecannotseeclearly

C.wewearglasses

D.wehavetodomuchreading

60.Accordingtothepassage,aismorelikelytobenearsighted.

A.tailorB.doctorC.guardD.painter

61.Peoplewhoarefarsighted.

A.cannotdoalotofcloseworkwithoutglasses

B.canonlyseethingsthatareveryclosetotheireyes

C.havedifficultyreadingabookiftheyholditatarm'slength

D.havethesameproblemasthenearsightedpeople

62.Toseeasmallthingatnight,itisbettertolook.

A.withwideopeneyes

B.withhalfshutornarrowedeyes

C.straightatit

D.inaslightlydifferentdirection

C

Treesareusefultomaninthreeimportantways:theygivehimwoodand

otherusefulthings,theygivehimcoolplaces,andtheyhelptostop

droughtandflood.

Unluckily,inmanypartsoftheworld,manhasnotfoundthatthethird

ofthesepointsisthemostimportant.Manwantstomakemoneyfrom

trees,sohehascutthemdowninlargenumbers,onlytofindthatwithout

themhehaslostthebestfriendshehad.Andalso,heisusuallytoo

carelesstoplantandlookafternewtrees.Sotheforestsslowlydisappear.

Thisdoesnotonlymeanthatmanwillhavefewertrees.Theresultsare

evenworse:forwheretherearetrees,theirrootsbreakupsoil-makethe

rainin-andalsobindthesoil,thusstoppingitfrombeingwashedaway

easily;butwheretherearenotrees,therainfallsonhardgroundand

flowsaway,causingfloodsandcarryingawaytherichtop-soil.Whenall

thetop-soilisgone,nothingisleftbutuselessdesert.

63.Themostimportantpointsoftreestomanis«

A.theyhelphimtomakemoney

B.theygivehimcool

C.theygivehimwoodandotherthings

D.theyhelphimtostopdroughtandfloods

64.Inmanyplacesforestsslowlydisappearbecause

A.manytreeshavebeencutdownbyman

B.newtreesarenotwelllookedafter

C.manhasnotpaidenoughattentiontoplantingtrees

D.alltheabove

65.Landbecomesdesertafteralltreesarecutdownbecause

A.rootsoftreesbreakupthesoil

B.therearetoomanyrainfalls

C.strongwindsbringalotofsand

D.therearenolongertreestokeeptherainandprotectthetop-soil.

66.Whichtitlebestfitsthepassage?

A.TreesandMan

B.TheFunctionofTreeWood

C.HowdoPeopledowithTrees?

D.TheUsageofTreeRoots

D

Laptopcomputersarepopularallovertheworld.Peopleusethemontrains

andairplanes,inairportsandhotels.Theselaptopsconnectpeopleto

theirworkplace.IntheUnitedStatestoday,laptopsalsoconnectstudents

totheirclassrooms.

WestlakeCollegeinVirginiawillstartalaptopcomputerprogramthat

allowsstudentstodoschoolworkanywheretheywant.Withinfiveyears,

eachofthe1500studentsatthecollegewillreceivealaptop.Thelaptops

arepartofa$10millioncomputerprogramatWestlake,a110-year-old

college.ThestudentswithlaptopswillalsohaveaccesstotheInternet.

Inaddition,theywillbeabletousee-mailto“speak”withtheir

teachers,theirclassmates,andtheirfamilies.However,themost

importantpartofthelaptopprogramisthatstudentswillbeabletouse

computerswithoutgoingtocomputerlabs.Theycanworkwithitathome,

inafast-foodrestaurantorunderthetrees-anywhereatall!

Becauseofthemanychangesincomputertechnology,laptopuseinhigher

education,suchascollegesanduniversities,isworkable.Aslaptops

becomemorepowerful,theybecomemoresimilartodesktopcomputers.In

addition,theportablecomputerscanconnectstudentstonotonlythe

Internet,butalsolibrariesandotherresources.Statehigher-education

officialsarestudyinghowlaptopscanhelpstudents.Stateofficials

arealsotestinglaptopprogramsatotheruniversities,too.

AtWestlakeCollege,morethan60percentofthestaffusecomputers.The

laptopswillallowallteacherstousecomputersintheirlessons.Asone

Westlaketeachersaid,“HereweareinthemiddleofVirginiaandwe'

regivingstudentsawindowontheworld.Theycanseeeverythinganddo

everything.”

67.Themainpurposeofthelaptopprogramistogiveeachstudentalaptop

to.

A.usefortheirschoolwork

B.accesstheInternet

C.workathome

D.connectthemtolibraries

68.Whyistheword“speak“inthesecondparagraphinquotationmarks（弓I

号）?

A.Theydon,treallytalk.

B.Theyusethecomputerlanguage.

C.Laptopshavespeakers.

D.Noneoftheabovereasonsiscorrect.

69.WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutWestlakeCollege?

A.Allteachersusecomputers.

B.1500studentshavelaptops.

C.ItisanoldcollegeinAmerica.

D.Studentstherecandoeverything.

70.Awindowontheworldinthelastparagraphmeansthatstudents

can.

A.attendlecturesoninformationtechnology

B.travelaroundtheworld

C.getinformationfromaroundtheworld

D.havefreelaptops

71.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

A.Theprogramissuccessful.

B.Theprogramisnotworkable.

C.Theprogramistooexpensive.

D.Wedon,tknowtheresultyet.

E

Letchildrenlearntojudgetheirownwork.Achildlearningtotalkdoes

notlearnbybeingcorrectedallthetime:ifcorrectedtoomuch,hewill

stoptalking.Henoticesathousandtimesadaythedifferencebetween

thelanguageheusesandthelanguagethosearoundhimuse.Bitbybit,

hemakesthenecessarychangestomakehislanguagelikeotherpeople'

s.Inthesameway,childrenlearningtodoalltheotherthings:they

learntodowithoutbeingtaughttowalk,run,climb,whistle,ridea

bicycle,comparetheirownperformanceswiththoseofmoreskilledpeople,

andslowlymaketheneededchanges.Butinschoolwenevergiveachild

achancetofindouthismistakesandcorrectthemforhimself.Wedoit

allforhim.Weactasifwethoughtthathewouldnevernoticeamistake

unlessitwaspointedouttohim,orcorrectitunlesshewasmadeto.

Lethimworkout,withthehelpofotherchildrenifhewantsit,what

thiswordsays,whattheansweristothatproblem,whetherthisisagood

wayofsayingordoingthisornot.

Ifitisamatterofrightanswer,asitmaybeinmathematicsorscience,

givehimtheanswerbook.Lethimcorrecthisownpapers.Whyshouldwe

teacherswastetimeonsuchroutine（常规）work?Ourjobshouldbetohelp

thechildwhenhe