高三英语上学期开学测试题分类汇编 二 阅读理解.doc

高三英语开学测汇编二 阅读理解（一）1. the card above is_a. a ticket b. a postcardc. an invitation d. an advertisement2. the party is for_a. a birthdayb. the queenc. bee watchingd. the national day3. according to the card ,if you are unable to go ,you can .a. return the cardb. visit the museumc. ignore the messaged. contact alices mother【答案】1. c2. a3. d【解析】试题分析：这是一张邀请函，是为了庆祝alice的两岁生日。1.c 主旨大意题。根据文章的we are throwing a party 以及come bug with us.可知，这是一张邀请函，故选择c。2.a 细节理解题。根据文章中的 alice is turning 2，可知，是为了庆祝生日的，故选择a。3.d 细节理解题。根据文章中的regrets to the queen bee at 601-555-4111可知如果不能来，请打电话给妈妈，故选择d。【难度】容易（二） nothing could stop dad. after he was put on disability for a bad back, he bought a small farm in the country, just enough to grow food for the family. he planted vegetables, fruit trees and even kept bees for honey.and every week he cleaned old man mccolgins chicken house in exchange for manure(肥料). the smell really burned the inside of your nose. when we complained about the terrible smell, dad said the stronger the manure, the healthier the crops, and he was right. for example, just one of his cantaloupes filled the entire house with its sweet smell, and the taste was even sweeter. as the vegetables started coming in, dad threw himself into cooking. one day, armed with a basket of vegetables, he announced he was going to make stew(炖菜).dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, potatoes, corns, onions and carrots. for about half an hour. the pressure built and the vegetables cooked. finally, dad turned off the stove, the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam. if we thought dads pile of chicken manure was bad, this was 10 times worse. when dad took off the lid, the smell nearly knocked us out.dad carried the pot out and we opened doors and windows to air out the house. just how bad was it? the neighbors came out of their houses to see if we had a gas leak!determined, dad filled our plates with steaming stew and passed them around. it didnt look that bad, and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell, it didnt offend the nose so much, either. i took a taste. it would never win a prize in a cooking competition, but it was surprisingly edible and we drank up every last drop of soup.1.why did dad clean old man mocolgins chicken house regularly?a. to earn some money for the family.b. to collect manure for his crops.c. to get rid of the terrible smell.d. to set a good example to us.2.what can we infer about dads stew?a. it is popular among the neighbors.b. it contains honey and vegetables.c. it looks very wonderful.d. it tastes quite delicious.3.what does the underlined word “offend” in the last paragraph mean?a. to attract b. to upset c. to aird. to shut4.what can we learn about dad form the text?a. he is an experienced cook.b. he is a troublesome father.c. he has a positive attitude to life.d. he suffers a lot from his disability.【答案】1. b2. d3. b4. c【解析】试题分析：本文主要讲述了作者的父亲买了一个小农场，在里面种满了各种蔬菜、果树甚至还养了蜜蜂。但作者的父亲收获的时候，他炖了一锅蔬菜，闻到味道时，作者和其他人觉得烧得很糟糕，但是最后全部都吃光了。1.b 细节理解题。根据文章第一段的and every week he cleaned old man mccolgins chicken house in exchange for manure(肥料).可知选择b，是为了收集肥料。2.d 推理判断题。根据最后一段的we drank up every last drop of soup.可知，选择d，意为父亲的炖菜非常美味。3.b 词义判断题。根据文章上文的the first wave had shut down my ability to smell,可知，此处指的是鼻子闻不到那种味道，故选择b，意为搅乱。4.c 推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，父亲在背部受伤后，不愿意休息，而是自己经营着小农场，而且在收获后，还自炖菜，故选择c最为恰当，指父亲对于生活有着积极的态度。【难度】一般（三） across britain, burnt toast will be served to mothers in bed this morning as older sons and daughters rush to deliver their supermarket bunches of flowers, but, according to a new study, we should be placing a higher value on motherhood all year. mothers have long known that their home workload was just as heavy as paid work. now, the new study has shown that if they were paid for their parental labours, they would earn as much as172,000 a year. the study looked at the range of jobs mothers do, as well as the hours they are working, to determine the figure. this would make their yearly income 30,000 more than the prime minister earns. by analysing the numbers, it found the average mother works 119 hours a week,40 of which would usually be paid at a standard rate and 79 hours as overtime. after questioning 1,000 mothers with children under 18,it found that ,on most days, mums started their routine work at 7am and finished at around 11pm. to calculate just how much mothers would earn from that labour, it suggested some of the roles that mums could take on, including housekeeper, part-time lawyer, personal trainer and entertainer. being a part-time lawyer, at 48.98 an hour, would prove to be the most profitable of the “mum jobs”,with psychologist（心理学家）a close second.it also asked mothers about the challenges they face, with 80 percent making emotional（情感的） demand as the hardest thing about motherhood.over a third of mums felt they needed more training and around half said they missed going out with friends.the study shows mothers matter all year long and not just on mothers day. the emotional ,physical and mental energy mothers devote to their children can be never-ending, but children are also sources of great joy and happiness. investing（投入）in time for parenting and raising relationships is money well spent.1. how much would a mother earn a year if working as the prime minister?a.30,000. b.142,000.c.172,000. d.202,000.2. the biggest challenge for most mothers is from .a. emotional demand b. low pay for workc. heavy workload d. lack of training3. what is stressed in the last paragraph?a. mothers importance shows in family all year long.b. the sacrifices mothers make are huge but worthwhile.c. mothers devotion to children can hardly be calculated.d. investing time in parenting would bring a financial return.4. what can we conclude from the study? a. mothers working hours should be largely reduced. b. mothers should balance their time for work and rest. c. mothers labour is of a higher value than it is realised. d .mothers should be freed from housework for social life.【答案】1. b2. a3. b4. c【解析】：这是一篇写在母亲节的文章，在母亲节这一天，每个人都会对母亲做出一些事，比如一束花等等，但是作者认为，母亲这一职业值得全年的关注，因为它包含太多。1.b细节理解题。根据文章的they would earn as much as172,000 a year.以及this would make their yearly income 3000 more than the prime minister earns.可知，总理的工资是172000-30000=142000。故选择b。2.a 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三段的it also asked mothers about the challenges they face, with 80 percent making emotional（情感的） demand as the hardest thing about motherhood.可知，选择a。3.b 细节理解题。根据最后一段的the emotional ,physical and mental energy mothers devote to their children can be never-ending, but children are also sources of great joy and happiness.可知，选择b，指母亲付出的牺牲是巨大的，但是又是值得的。4.c 推理判断题。根据文章第一段的but, according to a new study, we should be placing a higher value on motherhood all year.可知，作者认为母亲的重要性应该得到更多的关注，故选择c。【难度】一般（四） as internet users become more dependent on the internet to store information, are people remember less? if you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? experts are wondering if the internet is changing what we remember and how. in a recent study, professor betsy sparrow conducted some experiments. she and her research team wanted to know the internet is changing memory. in the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. the first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. the second group understood that the computer would not save it. later, the second group remembered the information better. people in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it. in another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the internet. the information was in a specific computer folder (文件夹). surprisingly, people later remember the folder location (位置) better than the facts. when people use the internet, they do not remember the information. rather, they remember how to find it. this is called transactive memory (交互记忆). according to sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the internet. instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date. this doesnt mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.1. the passage begins with two questions to _. a. introduce the main topicb. show the authors altitudec. describe how to use the interne. d. explain how to store information2. what can we learn about the first experiment?a. sparrows team typed the information into a computer. b. the two groups remembered the information equally well.c. the first group did not try to remember the formation. d. the second group did not understand the information.3. in transactive memory, people _.a. keep the information in mindb. change the quantity of information c. organize information like a computer d. remember how to find the information4. what is the effect of the internet according to sparrows research? a. we are using memory differently.b. we are becoming more intelligent.c. we have poorer memories than before.d. we need a better way to access information.【答案】1. a2. c3. d4. a【解析】试题分析：文章主要讲的是互联网给人类的记忆带来的影响。互联网使用者越来越依赖互联网来储存信息，人们这样做是否会丧失记忆事物的能力呢？专家怀疑互联网可能正在改变人们的记忆内容和方式。1. a 写作意图题。根据第一段“experts are wondering if the internet is changing what we remember and how.”可知，作者使用两个问句是为了引出要讨论的话题。2. c 细节理解题。根据第二段“people in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.”可知答案。3. d 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“rather, they remember how to find it. this is called transactive memory (交互记忆)”可知，在交互记忆里，人们记得怎样找到信息。4. a 细节理解题。根据最后一段“but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing”可知，互联网对人们的记忆产生的影响是它改变了我们使用记忆力的方式。【难度】困难（五）trip 1 black bear countthere have been fires in this area in the last few years and the office of the national park is not sure how many black bears are still living. some bears have been seen since the fires, and the office has asked for young people to help count them. the entire trip will last three hours. bookings necessary.cost: free when: may 8trip 2 garland valleybring your drink and lunch for this walk in a beautiful area of the blue mountains. garland valley is close to the town of garland hut is part of the national park. many wild animals live in this area, including many rare birds. this is a great walk for bird-lovers. the trip lasts four hours. bookings necessary.cost: $ 15 when: may 8, may 15trip 3 flashlight adventureput on your warm clothes, bring a flashlight and a pair of glasses, and come for a night walk along the dungog valley. a guide will lead the tour. many of the animals you will see on this trip . the guide will tell you about the lives of the animals you see. numbers are strictly limited on night trips, so be sure to book early. this walk lasts two and a half hours.cost: $ 12 when: may 8, may 15, may22equipment to be needed:please bring enough water and food for all walks.wear good walking shoesno high heels.wear a hat for day walks.dress warmly for night walks.children must be with an adult.make sure your flashlight works well and bring extra batteries for night walks.follow all instructions from guides during the walks. the mountains are a dangerous place.bookings:bookings for the above trips can be trade by telephone（893 4847）or on the internet at www. bluemountaintour. com1where are these trips?a. in a large city.b. in a park in the mountains.c. in a special kind of zoo.d. in three different countries.2on which trip might you see animals that sleep during the day?a. black bear count b. garland valleyc. flashlight adventure d. none of the trips3which of the following is not necessary for the three trips?a. good walking shoes b. a pair of glassesc. food and water d. a sleeping-bag【答案】1. b2. c3. d【解析】试题分析: 本文介绍了去blue mountains的旅行，文中介绍了旅行的时间，所花的费用，旅行中所看到的的景点，以及游客应该自备的东西，游客可以提前打电话预定，也可在网上预定1b细节理解题。根据there have been fires in this area in the last few years and the office of the national park is not sure how many black bears are still living.及bring your drink and lunch for this walk in a beautiful area of the blue mountains. garland valley is close to the town of garland but is part of the national park.和 follow all instructions from guides during the walks. the mountains are a dangerous place.根据这些叙述可知旅行的这些地方都是山上的公园，故选b2c推理题。根据tour 2 flashlight adventure部分的many of the animals you will see on this trip . the guide will tell you about the lives of the animals you see. numbers are strictly limited on night trips这是夜间的旅行，你会看到许多的动物 ，故白天睡觉，所以选c项。3d细节理解题。根据wear good walking shoes-no high heels 可知旅行需要穿着跑鞋；put on your warm clothes, bring a flashlight and a pair of glasses 可知旅行时需要带眼镜；please bring enough water and food for all walks.可知旅行时需带着食物和水，只有选项d没有提到【难度】容易（六）summer rainthe worst days of any summer are the rainy ones. we spend all year looking forward to nice weather and long, hot days. all of winter, with its cloudy days and bitter cold, we dream of those endless days at the beach, lying on the sand and enjoying the bright and burning sun. and then, summer comes, and it rains. as a child, i would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying. it wasnt fair. we suffered through months of school and experienced bad weather for those short ten weeks of freedom and pleasant weather. on those rainy summer days, i had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a bird in a cage. i was an only child, so there was no one else to play with. my father worked from home, so i was not truly alone, but he could not actively play with me since he was at work. it was those days that i would watch whatever was on television or read any books that i could find lying around. id drag through the day and pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.as an adult, though, my opinion of summer rain has changed. when you have to work every day, summer is not as exciting. everything seems dull. such a mindset makes you cheer for anything new or different. i spend the winter dreaming of summer and the summer dreaming of winter. when summer comes, i hate how hot it is. and then i look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable. rainy days are still the worst days of the summer, but summer rain today means positively beautifuland considerably coolerweather tomorrow.1. when the author was a child, he _.a. hated rainy days b. liked staying indoors c. preferred cooler weatherd. dreamed on summer days2. we can learn from the passage that the author _.a. had no brothers or sistersb. was often left alone at homec. could enjoy the brilliant sun in winterd. preferred reading to playing outside 3. as an adult, the author views summer rain differently because _.a. he knows it wont last longb. rain makes the weather cooler c. his summer holiday is very short d. he can better deal with his downtime【答案】1. a2. a3. b【解析】1. a 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句“as a child, i would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying.”以及第二段，第三段内容可知，“我”讨厌雨天。故选a。2. a 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句“ i was an only child, so there was no one else to play with.”可知，作者是独生子，故选a。3. b 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中“when summer comes, i hate how hot it is. and then i look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable.”可知应该选b【难度】较易（七）lee kuan yew emerged onto the international stage as the founding father of the state of singapore, then a city of about 1 million. he developed into a world statesman who acted as a kind of conscience to leaders around the globe.fate initially seemed not to have provided him with a stage on which to achieve more than modest local success. in the first phase of decolonization, singapore emerged as a part of malaya. it was cut loose because of tensions between singapores largely chinese population and the malay majority and, above all, to teach the city a lesson of dependency, malaya undoubtedly expected that reality would cure singapore of its independent spirit.but great men become such through visions beyond material calculations. lee challenged conventional wisdom by opting for statehood. the choice reflected a deep faith in the virtues of his people. he asserted that a city located on a sandbar with no economic resource to draw upon, and whose major industry as a colonial naval base had disappeared, could nevertheless thrive and achieve international reputation by building on its principal asset(财富): the intelligence, industry and dedication of its people.a great leader takes his or her society from where it is to where it has never been - indeed, where it as yet cannot imagine being. by insisting on quality education, by suppressing corruption and by basing governance on merit. lee and his colleagues raised the annual per capita income of their population from $500 at the time of independence in 1965 to roughly $55,000 today. in a generation, singapore became an international financial center., the leading intellectual metropolis of southeast asia, the location of the regions major hospitals and a favored