高中英语阅读训练习题及答案.pdf

A words 311 washing can go to the laundry food can be bought cooked canned or preserved bread is baked and delivered by the baker milk arrives on the doorstep meats can be had at the restaurant the work s canteen and the school dining room It is unusual now for father to pursue his trade or other employment at home and his children rarely if ever see him at his place of work Boys are therefore seldom trained to follow their father s occupation and in many towns they have a fairly wide choice of employment and so do girls The young wage earner often earns good money and soon acquires a feeling of economic independence In textile areas it has long been customary for mothers to go out to work but this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now a not unusual factor in a child s home life the number of married women in employment having more than doubled in the last twenty five years With mother earning and his older children drawing substantial wages father is seldom the dominant figure that he still was at the beginning of the century When mother works economic advantages accrue but children lose something of great value if mother s employment prevents her from being home to greet them when they return from school 41 The writer mentions home as workshop because A fathers often pursue employment at home B parents had to make food and necessity themselves for their daily life C many families produce goods at home for sale D both fathers and mothers and mothers in most families are workers 答案 B 细节理解题 解析 从第一段可知 42 The writer says that home has become much less of a workshop He means A in the past home was more like a workshop B home is much more of a workshop now C home workshops are becoming fewer and fewer D home was less like a workshop in the past 答案 A 推理判断题 解析 从第一句 Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do and home become much less of a workshop 和下文所述可知 过去日常生活所需大部分都由自己做 家 就如a workshop一样 43 The word accrue in the sentence When mother accrue is closest in meaning to A changeB dwindleC double D increase 答案 D 词义猜测题 解析 从 When mother works economic advantages accure 可判断出 44 The chief reason that boys are seldom trained to follow their father s occupation is A that children nowadays rarely see their fathers at their place of work B that fathers do not like to pursue employment at home any more C that there is a wide choice of employment for children D that children also like to have jobs outside 答案 C 推理判断题 解析 由 in many towns they have a fairly wide choice of employment and so do girls The young wage earner often earns good money 可知答案 45 What makes father no longer the only dominant person in a family A With their earning mother and children do not need to depend on father for their life B There are many choice of employment for mothers and children C Father does much less for his children today than he used to D The number of married women in employment has increased greatly now 答案 A 细节理解题 解析 见第二段 With mother earning and his older children drawing substantial wages father is seldom the dominant figure that he still was at the beginning of the century C words 190 203 Artificial 假的 flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative purposes They are made from a variety of materials such as wax and glass so skillfully that they can scarcely be distinguished from natural flowers In making such models painstaking and artistry are called for as well as thorough knowledge of plant structure The collection of glass flowers in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University is the most famous in North America and is widely known throughout the scientific world In all there are several thousand models in colored glass the work of two artist naturalists Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph The intention was to have the collection represent at least one member of each flower family native to the United States Although it was never completed It contains more than seven hundred species representing 164 families of flowering plants a group of fruits showing the effect of fungus diseases and thousands of flower parts and magnified details Every detail of these is accurately reproduced in color and structure The models are kept in locked cases as they are too valuable and fragile for classroom use 51 Which of the following is the best title for the passage A An Extensive Collection of Glass Flowers B The Lives of Leopold and Rudolph C Flowers Native to the United States D Material Used for Artificial Flowers 52 It can be inferred from the passage that the goal of Leopold and Rudolph was to A create a botanical garden where only exotic flowers grew B do a thorough study of plant structure C make a copy of one member of each United States flower family D show that glass are more realistic than wax flowers 53 The underlined word it refers to A the intention B the collection C one memberD each flower family 54 Which of the following is NOT included in the display at the Botanical Museum of Harvard University A Models of 164 families of flowering plants B Magnified details of flower parts C Several species of native birds D A group of diseased fruits 55 Which of the following statements is true of the flowers at Harvard University A They form a completed collection B They have a marvelous fragrance C They are loaned to schools for classroom use D They use authentic representations 答案与解析答案与解析 51 55 ACBCD 51 A 细节理解题 短文说明了美国the Botanical Museum of Harvard University收藏玻璃花的目的 收藏品的丰富 精致的细节等内容 所以用An Extensive Collection of Glass Flowers作标题最合适 52 C 推理判断题 根据第二段的 The intention was to have the collection represent at least one member of each flower family native to the United States 可知收藏的目的是把美国所有的花都复制一种 53 B 推理判断题 根据它前后的内容 目的是使收藏能代表美国的每一类花 尽 管还没有完成 只能是收藏还没有完成 54 C 细节理解题 信息来自第二段的内容 C项的内容在第二段中没有提及 其 他各项的内容都有相关的说明 55 D 推理判断题 根据第二段的 Every detail of these is accurately reproduced in color and structure 可知这些玻璃花的每一个细节都制作得很精致 都是真实的再现 D words 163 195 Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant and its owner did not know what to do The price was reasonable and the food was of good quality but nobody seemed to want to eat there Then he did something that changed all that and in a few weeks his restaurant is always full of men with their lady friends Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady a smiling waiter gave each of them a menu 菜单 The menu looked exactly the same on the outside but there was an important difference inside The menu that the waiter gave to the man supplied the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine while the menu that he gave to the lady supplied a much higher price So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine the lady thought he was much more generous 慷慨 than he really was 41 Why didn t people come to the White Rose Restaurant to eat at first A Because the price was high B Because the food was too cheap C Because the food was not good D The passage didn t mention 42 According to the passage we can conclude that the people who eat at this restaurant are mostly A poor old people B rich young people C men with their girl friends D parents with their children 43 The difference between the two kinds of menu lie in A the color B the shape C the price D the food 44 According to the passage we can infer that when men with their girl friends eat at this restaurant the food was paid A always by the ladies only B always by the men only C sometimes by the ladies D either by the men or by the ladies 45 According to the passage we can know that generally speaking A men are more ge