一舟教育2016高一英语阅读专项练习.docx

2016 高一英语阅读专项练习阅读一：Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally(文化的)programmed. In other words, we learn our looks - we are not born with them. A baby has generally unformed face features(特征). A baby, according to Bird whistle, learns where to set the eyebrows(眉毛)by looking at those around - family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the United States look so much alike, New Englanders or Southerners have certain common face features that cannot be explained by genetics(遗传学). The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth, it is learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, this can be well into grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look somewhat alike. We learn our looks from those around us. This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where people smile more than those in other areas. In the United States, for example, the South is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York State still less. Many Southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly, partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgi A.People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than do people in small towns.1.Ray Bird whistle believes physical appearance_A.has little to do with culture.B.has much to do with culture. C.is ever changing.D.is different from place to place2.According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed_A.before birth.B.as soon as ones teeth are newly set.C.sometime after new teeth are set.D.around 15 years old.3.Ray Bird whistle can tell what area of the United States a person is from by_A.how much he or she smiles.B.how he or she raises his or her eyebrows.C.what he or she likes best.D.the way he or she talks.4.People who live _ are more friendlyA.in largely populated areasB.in New York cityC.in the countryD.in the North5.This passage might have been taken out of a book dealing withA.physics B.chemistryC.biologyD.none of the above阅读二：Over two thousand years ago Rome(罗马)was the center of a huge empire. The Romans needed a way to move their large armies quickly so that they could protect their huge country. They needed land trade routes, so they joined all parts of their empire by a net-work of roads(公路网).Beginning in 300 B.C., the Romans built roads in Europe, Asia and North Africa. By 200A.D., they had built 50, 000 miles of almost straight roads.To build their roads, the Romans moved away all soft soil. They dug until they reached hard ground. Then they added layers(层)of stone and other things. The most important roads were paved(铺设)with large flat(平)stones. Main Roman roads were sometimes as wide as ours today.To build their roads, the Romans sometimes had to dig tunnels through mountains. But they didnt have any machines to help them. So they heated the rock with fire and then threw cold water over it. When the rock cracked(裂), they dug it out. Roman soldiers and slaves built the roads with their hands and simple tools, but the roads were so well built that they were used for hundreds of years.1.The story tells us _ .A.building roads without modern machines was Roman soldiers only jobB.it was no easy job for the Romans to build their roadsC.people in advanced countries still use the old Roman way to build their roads today D.most people in the African countries still use the old Roman way to dig their tunnels through the mountains2.To build mountain roads, the old Romans had to _ .A.explode the rock before they started to digB.crack the rock with fire and cold waterC.dig through the hard rock with their handsD.invent some machines to help them with the work3.On the whole, the story is about _ .A.how to build up our modern roads todayB.Roman tools in building a wide straight roadC.the Romans roads built two thousand years agoD.the reason why the Romans had to build their roads4.Why did the Romans build so many roads at that time? It was because _ .A.their slaves and soldiers had to do something, or, they would have nothing to doB.they dared not sail in the ocean and the roads were their only choice C.they needed land trade roads and the roads to move their grand armies as quickly as possibleD.the old Romans wanted to show how clever they were in building the roads5.According to the passage, which of the following four choices is correct?A.The old Romans found soft soil did not make a solid base for the road.B.The Romans built roads only on flat(平)landC.Flat stones were mostly used in the roads of AsiaD.The old Romans used to make use of the soft soil for the base of their roads in North Africa阅读三：In one way of thinking, failure is a part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The spider story is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider spinning a web(蜘蛛织网). The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times without success. On the seventh time he made it and went on to spin his web. Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone on to defeat the English Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?Second, is the goal(目标)youre trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about his question, “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?”This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldnt be doing anyway.The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that its a part of life. Learn to live with yourself,even though you may have failed. Remember, You cant win them all.1.This passage deals with two sides of failure. In paragraph 1, the author talks mainly about _ .A.the value of failureB.how people would failC.famous failuresD.the caus