高考英语阅读理解真题汇编.doc

此文档收集于网络 仅供学习与交流 如有侵权请联系网站删除 学习资料 1998 2010 年高考英语阅读理解真题汇编及详解 历史类 年高考英语阅读理解真题汇编及详解 历史类 第 1 题 2006 年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语陕西卷 For centuries the only form of written correspondence 通信 was the letters letters were and are sent by some form of postal service the history of which goes back a long way Indeed the Egyptians began sending letters from about 2000 BC as did the Chinese a thousand years later Of course modern postal service now are much more developed and faster depending as they do on cars and planes for delivery Yet they are still too slow for some people to send urgent documents 紧急文件 and letters The invention of the fax 传真 machine increased the speed of delivering documents even more When you send a fax you are sending a copy of a piece of correspondence to someone by telephone service It was not until the early 1980s that such a service was developed enough for businesses to be able to fax documents to each other The fax service is still very much in use when copies of documents require to be sent but as a way of fast correspondence it has been largely taken the place of by email Email is used to describe messages sent form one computer user to another There are advantages and disadvantages with emails If you send some one an email then he will receive it extremely quickly Normal postal services are rather slow as far as speed of delivery is concerned However if you write something by email which you might later regret and send it immediately there is no chance for second thoughts At least if you are posting a letter you have to address and seal 封 the envelope and take it to the post box There is plenty of time to change your mind The message is think before you email 41 We can learn from the text that A email is less popular than the fax service B the postal service has over the years become faster C the postal service has over the years become slower D the fax service has a history as long as the postal service does 42 It can be inferred from the text that A the fax service had been fully developed by the 1980s B letters have been used in China for about 1 000 years C the fax machine was invented after the 1980s D letters have been used in Egypt for about 2 000 years 43 In the last paragraph the writer mentions think before you email to show that A you may regret if you don t your envelopeB you may regret before you send something by email C you d better not send your email in a hurry D you need plenty of time to send an email 44 The text mainly deal with A the progress in correspondenceB the advantage of fax machines C the advantage of emailsD the invention of fax machines 答案 41 B 42 A 43 C 44 A 41 解析 这是一道细节推断题 根据第二段第一句 modern postal services now are much developed and faster 可知选 B 此文档收集于网络 仅供学习与交流 如有侵权请联系网站删除 学习资料 42 解析 这是一道推断题 根据 It was not until the early 1980s that such a service has developed enough 可以推断 20 世纪 80 年代初 fax 已经比较发达可以满足商用了 所以选 A 43 解析 这是一道细节题 由于 email 方便高速 可供考虑的时间很短 如果发现问 题就来不及了 所以作者建议发送前多想想 选 C 44 解析 这是一道主旨题 本文讲述了通讯的发展和由此带来的变化 着重于不同 通讯方式的比较和发展过程 而不是单单针对某种方式来讲述 A 选项最贴近这一点 第 2 题 2004 年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语全国卷 Say you are a 17th century construction worker who s worked long and hard to build a splendid tower for the dead wife of your emperor Now say that the emperor orders your fingertips cut off so you can never build another one Yes that is the Taj Mahal one of the most famous buildings in the world And the tale behind the construction is just as impressive 印象深刻的 as the building itself First there s the emperor of northern India Shah Jehan also called the King of the World In 1612 Shah Jehan married Mumtaz Mahal Madly in love they had 14 children over the next 20 years But then sadness came As Mumtaz was about to give birth to child number 14 she said she had heard her unborn baby cry out It was a sign of death And as Mumtaz lay dying she asked Jehan to build a lasting memorial 纪念物 to celebrate their love When the heartbroken Jehan appeared eight days after his wife s death his people were shocked to see that his coal black hair had turned snow white Putting away his sadness Jehan ordered his wife s dying wish carried out More than 20 000 workers labored nearly 22 years to complete the construction In 1653 Jehan placed Mumtaz s remains in the center under the building And then son number five Aurangzeb murdered his brothers and took over the power from his aging father Jehan lived the rest of his days eight years to be exact imprisoned not far from the Taj Mahal Jehan was only allowed to climb onto the top of his prison to see the timeless treasure from a distance But never again would he be allowed to visit it until he was buried next to his wife Today 25 000 people visit the Taj Mahal each day Though the reason for building the tower was a strange sad story those who see its breath taking beauty are reminded of the happiness that inspired 激发 的灵感 its construction 59 The first two paragraphs were written to show that A the Taj Mahal is an unusual historic buildingB ancient Indian emperors were cruel C construction workers led a hard life in ancient India D India has some of the most famous buildings in the world 60 The Taj Mahal was first built as A a prisonB a gift to MumtazC a memorial buildingD a tourist attraction 61 We learn from the text that Mumtaz probably died in A 1626 B 1632 C 1634 D 1653 62 The underlined word happiness in the last sentence refers to A the married happiness of the emperor and his wife 此文档收集于网络 仅供学习与交流 如有侵权请联系网站删除 学习资料 B the great pleasure Jehan once found in exercising his power C the happiness Jehan felt on completing the Taj Mahal D the pleasure tourists experience when visiting the Taj Mahal 答案 59 A 60 C 61 B 62 A 第 3 题 2004 年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语上海卷 Holiday Inns and McDonald s both saw unmatched growth in the 1960s Their growth opened another direct business operation franchising 特许经营 These operations have the same general pattern The franchisor the parent company first establishes a successful retail 零售 business As it expands it sees a profit potential in offering others the right to open similar business under its name The parent company s methods and means of identification with consumers are included in this right The parent company supplies skill and may build and rent stores to franchisees For these advantages the franchisee pays the franchisor a considerable fee However some of the advantages and disadvantages are different By extending a proven marketing method a parent can profit in several ways First the franchisee s purchase price gives the parent an immediate return on the plan Then the sale of supplies to the franchisee provides a continuing source of profits As new businesses are added and the company s reputation spreads the value of the franchise increases and sales of franchises become easier The snowballing effect can be dramatic Such growth too brings into play the economies of scale 规模经济 Regional or national advertising that might be financially impossible for a franchisor with 20 franchises could be profitable for one with 40 The parent then finds immediate gains from the opportunity to expand markets on the basis of reputation alone without having to put up capital or take the risk of owning retail stores Added to this advantage is a less obvious but material one Skilled responsible retail managers are rare People who invest their capital in franchises though probably come closer to the ideal than do paid managers In fact the franchisee is an independent store operator working for the franchisor but without an independent s freedom to drop supplies at will Of course the factory s costs of selling supplies are less But also certainly the franchisee buying goods that have had broad consumer acceptance will not casually change supplies even when the contract permits If the hamburger is not what the customer expected they may not return Having paid for the goodwill the franchisee won t thoughtlessly destroy it Franchising may give you the idea that as a franchisor you need only relax in the rocking chair Franchising however has problems to be solved 86 Franchising refers to a business operation in which a successful parent company A sells name brand goods to a private investor B rents proven ideas and techniques for investment C sells the right the guidance to a business under its name D takes no advertising responsibility for individual investors 87 The advantages of franchising to the parent company are all the following EXCEPT A an immediate investment returnB the ownership of additional retail stores C the profit from the sale of suppliesD the possibility of profitable advertising 88 The passage mainly tells the reader 此文档收集于网络 仅供学习与交流 如有侵权请联系网站删除 学习资料 A the advantages and disadvantages of franchising B the benefits of franchising to the franchisor C the unmatched economic growth in the 1960 sD some regional and national business operation 89 What will the author probably discuss after the last paragraph A More advantages of franchising B Risks of investment besides franchising C The standard of consumer acceptance D Negative aspects related to franchising 答案 86 C 87 B 88 B 89 D 第 4 题 2004 年普通高等学校春季招生考试英语北京卷 The first tape recorder didn t use tape It used long thin wire It was invented in 1990 by Valdermar Poulsen In 1930 German scientists invented the tape we use today Back then the tape was on big rolls In 1964 the Philips company in Holland invented the cassette It s pretty much a holder for the tape People use cassettes all over the world If you don t have a cassette recorder borrow one Think of a book your parents read out loud to you That might be a great book to read out loud to your mom or dad in their car Put a cassette in the recorder open the book hit the record button and start reading out loud Remember there is no such a thing as a wrong way to do this You might think you ve made a mistake but this gift is part of you and nothing about that can be a mistake It s impossible You get to be all artistic and creative here You might want to play music in the background Do whatever you want The gift is you so you decide Remember to say I love you at the end of your reading That s like the prize at the end of the book 63 Choose the right order that shows the development of the tape recorder a Using big rolls b Using cassettes c Using thin wire A a b c B b c aC c a b D c b a 64 Why does the author mention the history of tape recorders in Paragraph 1 A To inform readers of new inventions B To lead into his following suggestion C To give an example of his suggestion D To show the importance of tape recorders 65 What does the author advise us to do A To read a book to our parents in their car B To ask our parents to record a book C To make a gift for our parents D To practice reading out loud 66 Why does the author say it is impossible to make a mistake in Paragraph 3 A Because the tape shows your true love B Because it s easy to use a tape recorder C Because the music is what your parents like D Because it s impossible to find a mistake in the book 答案 63 C 64 B 65 C 66 A 第 5 题 2003 年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语全国卷 Tristan da Cunha a 38 square mile island is the farthest inhabited island in the world according to the Guinness Book of records It is 1 510 miles southwest of its nearest neighbor St Helena and 1 950 miles west of Africa Discovered by the Portuguese admiral 葡 此文档收集于网络 仅供学习与交流 如有侵权请联系网站删除 学习资料 萄牙海军上将 of the same name in 1506 and settled in 1810 the island belongs to Great Britain and has a population of a few hundred Coming in a close second and often wrongly mentioned as the most distant land is Easter Island which lies 1 260 miles east of its nearest neighbor Pitcairn Island and 2 300 miles west of South America The mountainous 64 square mile island was settled around the 5th century supposedly by people who were lost at sea They had no connection with the outside world for more than a thousand years giving them plenty of time to build more than 1 000 huge stone figures called moai for which the island is most famous On Easter Sunday 1722 however settlers from Holland moved in and gave the island its name Today 2 000 people live on the Chilean territory 智利领土 They share one street a small airport and a few hours of television per day 56 It can be learned from the text that the island of Tristan da Cunha A was named after its discovererB got its name from Holland settlers C was named by the British governmentD got its name from the Guinness Book of Records 57 Which of the following is most famous for moai A Tristan da Cunha B Pitcairn Island C Easter Island D St Helena 58 Which country does Easter Island belong to A Britain B Holland C Portugal D Chile 答案 56 A 57 C 58 D 第 6 题 2000 年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语全国卷 Olaf Stapledon wrote a book called First and Last Men in which he looked millions of years ahead He told of different men and of strange civilisations 文明 broken up by long dark ages in between In his view what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men In 2 000 million years from now there will be the Eighteenth or Last Men However most of our ideas about the future are really very short sighted Perhaps we can see some possibilities for the next fifty years But the next hundred The next thousand The next million That s much more difficult When men and women lived by hunting 50 000 years ago how could they even begin to picture modern life Yet to men of 50 000 years from now we may seem as primitive 原 始的 in our ideas as the Stone Age hunters do to us Perhaps they will spend their days gollocking to make new spundels or struggling with their ballalators through the cribe These words which I have just made up have to stand for things and ideas that we simply can t think of So why bother even to try imagining life far in the future Here are two reasons Frist unless we remember how short our own lives are compared with the whole human history we are likely to think our own interests are much more important than they really are If we make the earth a poor place to live on because we are careless or greedy 贪 婪 or quarrelsome our grandchildren will not bother to think of excuses for us Second by trying to escape from present interests and imagine life far in the future we may arrive at quite fresh ideas that we can use ourselves For example if we imagine that in 此文档收集于网络 仅供学习与交流 如有侵权请联系网站删除 学习资料 the future men may give up farming we can think of trying it now So set your imagination free when you think about the future 63 A particular mention made of Stapledon s book in the opening paragraph A serves as a description of human historyB serves as an introduction to the discussion C shows a disagreement of viewsD shows the popularity of the book 64 The text discusses men and women 50 000 years ago and 50 000 years from now in order to show that A human history is extremely longB life has changed a great deal C it is useless to plan for the next 50 yearsD it is difficult to tell what will happen in the future 65 Spundels and ballalators are used in the text to refer to A tools used in farmingB ideas about modern life C unknown things in the futureD hunting skills in the Stone Age 66 According to the writer of the text imagining the future will A serve the interests of the present and future generations B enable us to better understand human history C help us to improve farmingD make life worth living 答案 63 B64 D 65 C 66 A 第 7 题 2000 年普通高等学校春季招生考试英语上海卷 Since the beginning of time man has been interested in the moon The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon They called it Moonday or Monday as we know it today Later the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honour to the home where it was born Four and a half centuries later Leonardo s idea was realized Apollo took three Americans Collins Aldrin and Armstrong to the moon The mission 任务 did fill the whole world with great surprise as Leonardo had said it would Numerous essays articles and books were written about man s first moon mission But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event over100 years before In 1865 French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo mission Verne s spacecraft also contained three men two Americans and a Frenchman The spacecraft was described as being almost the same size as Apollo The launch 发射 site in Verne s story was also in Florida The spacecraft in Verne s story was named the Columbiad The Apollo command ship was called Columbia His account of sending the spacecraft into the space could easily have been written about how Apollo was sent into the space Verne s story was the same as the actual event in several other respects The speed of Verne s spacecraft was36 000 feet per second Apollo s was 35 533feet per second Verne s spacecraft took 97 hours to reach the moon Apollo s time was 103 hours Like Apollo s spacemen Verne s spacemen took pictures of the moon s surface relaxed on their 此文档收集于网络 仅供学习与交流 如有侵权请联系网站删除 学习资料 seats cooked with gas and experienced weightlessness They too came down in the Pacific and were picked up by an American warship What were the reasons for Jules Verne s extreme accuracy in describing an event 100 years or more before it actually occurred He based his writings on the laws of physics and astronomy 天文学 Nineteenth century science and the vivid Verne s imagination gave people an unbelievably accurate preview of one of the greatest events of the 20th century 76 Leonardo da Vinci said that a great machine bird would A bring great honor to the moonB fly toward the sun C explore the heavensD take people to the moon 77 Jules Verne wrote his story of a man s visit to the moon about A 100 years before the Apollo missionB 10 years before the Apollo mission C four and one half