绵阳中学高一(下)英语阅读练习02(解析)

绵阳中学高一 下 英语阅读练习绵阳中学高一 下 英语阅读练习 0202 解析 解析 北京市日坛中学北京市日坛中学 11 12 学年高一上学期期中练习 英语 学年高一上学期期中练习 英语 四 阅读理解 共 16 小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分 24 分 阅读以下短文 从每题所给的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出最正确选项 并在 答题卡上将该项涂黑 A The Hearst Castle Hearst Castle is a palatial park on the central California coast and a National Historic Landmark It was designed by architect Julia Morgan for William Randolph Hearst from 1919 until 1947 In 1957 the Hearst Corporation donated the fortune to the state of California Since that time it has been maintained as a state historic park where the estate and its considerable collection of art and antiques are open for public tours Despite its location far from any urban center the site attracts roughly one million visitors per year Guided Tours There are several tours which highlight various parts of the castle and gardens Tour One is recommended for first time visitor It now includes the movie Hearst Castle Building the Dream Tour Two gives visitors a closer look at the main house s upper floors Mr Hearst s private suite the libraries and the kitchen Tour Three looks at the Castle s North Wing guest rooms and guest house Casa Del Monte Tour Four features the impressive gardens and grounds the largest guesthouse the wine basement and the Hidden Terrace The evening tour is a special tour that allows visitors to experience the Castle at night as one of the Hearst s own visitors might have Ticket Prices Hearst Castle accepts VISA MasterCard American Express and Discover Free day use parking is available for automobiles motorcycles tour buses and recreational vehicles TOURSADULTAges 6 17 Experience Tour 24 12 Tours 2 3 or 4 24 12 Evening tour 30 15 Children under 6 are free when accompanied by a paying adult Reservation Information While tickets may be purchased at the Visitor Center upon arrival tour reservations are strongly recommended and may be reserved online now or by calling 1 800 444 4445 see below for times Reservation Call Center Hours DatesMonday FridaySaturday Sunday March September8AM to 6PM8AM to 6PM October February9AM to 5PM9AM to 3PM Visit www hearstcastle org for more information 51 If you are quite interested in wine which tour will you choose A Tour One B Tour Two C Tour Three D Tour Four 52 If a young couple take Tour One with their 5 year old son how much will they pay for the tickets A 36 B 60 C 48 D 75 53 Which of the following is the available 有效的 可获得的 time to book tickets by phone A At 8 AM on Monday in February B At 9 AM on Sunday in March C At 7 PM on Friday in September D At 6 PM on Saturday in October B There was a story many years ago of a school teacher Mrs Thompson She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same But that was a lie There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard He didn t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath She did not like him Then Mrs Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother Mrs Thompson was ashamed of herself She felt even worse when like all her other students Teddy brought her a Christmas present too It was his mother s perfume 香 水 Teddy said Mrs Thompson today you smell just like my Mom used to After the children left she cried for at least an hour On that very day she stopped teaching reading writing and math Instead she began to teach children Mrs Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy The boy s mind seemed to come alive The more she encouraged him the faster he improved By the end of the sixth grade Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy He wrote that he had finished high school third in his class and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life He went to college Mrs Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed Theodore F Stoddard M D 医学博士 The story doesn t end there On his wedding day Dr Stoddard whispered 耳语 in Mrs Thompson s ear Thank you Mrs Thompson for believing in me You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference Mrs Thompson with tears in her eyes whispered back Teddy you have it all wrong You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference I didn t know how to teach until I met you 54 What did Mrs Thompson do on the first day of school A She made Teddy feel ashamed B She asked the children to play with Teddy C She changed Teddy s seat to the front row D She told the class something untrue about herself 55 What did Mrs Thompson find out about Teddy A He often told lies B He was good at math C He needed motherly care D He enjoyed playing with others 56 In what way did Mrs Thompson change A She taught fewer school subjects B She became stricter with her students C She no longer liked her job as a teacher D She cared more about educating students 57 Why did Teddy thank Mrs Thompson at his wedding A She had kept in touch with him B She had given him encouragement C She had sent him Christmas presents D She had taught him how to judge people C English as a Foreign Language Who taught you to speak English Your parents while you were a young child Your teachers at school Perhaps even the BBC as a grown up Whoever it was somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80 of the information on the Internet is in English Is this a good thing or a bad thing Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate using a common language across countries and cultures 文化 Or should we worry about the dangers of mono culturalism a world in which we all speak the same language eat the same food and listen to the same music Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language On the contrary 相反 I would have thought although I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better there would be fewer wars Ask the people of India where many of them speak at least some English and Pakistan the same situation with India If we all speak English will we then all start eating McDonalds burgers Surely not If English becomes more dominant 占主导地位的 it will kill other languages I doubt it When I travel in Africa or Asia I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related languages as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago we received a wonderfully poetic email from a listener in Ireland The English language is a beautiful language Maybe it s like a rose he said But who would ever want their garden just full of rose Well I love roses and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden But the way I see it just by planting a few roses you don t necessarily need to pull out everything else If more and more people want to plant English roses that s fine by me 58 By saying Ask the people of India and Pakistan in Paragraph 4 the author is trying to show that A speaking the same language doesn t necessarily bring peace B wars can destroy the relationship between two countries C English doesn t kill other languages D English is widely used in the world 59 What does garden in the last two paragraphs stand for A LanguageB Family C The worldD The Earth 60 The author would probably agree that A it s very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a garden B it s good for people from other countries to learn English C more and more people like to plant roses in their gardens D English is easier to learn than other languages 61 This passage is mainly about A why English has become a global language B how many people in the world speak English C how people in the world learn English as a foreign language D whether we need to worry about English being a world language D As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows there is far more to a family meal than food Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more Lewis and his co workers carried out their study by videotaping 录像 the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children But as the number of children gets larger conversation gives way to the parents efforts to control the loud noise they make That can have an important effect on the children In general the more question asking the parents do the higher the children s IQ scores Lewis says And the more children there are the less question asking there is The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings 兄弟姐妹 Lewis found that in families with three or four children dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child who has the most to talk about and the youngest who needs the most attention Middle children are invisible says Lewis When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner chances are it s the middle child There is however one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention When the TV is on Lewis says dinner is a non event 62 The writer s purpose in writing the text is to A show the relationship between parents and children B teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table C report on the findings 结果 of a study D give information about family problems 63 Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because A they are busy serving food to their children B they are busy keeping order at the dinner table C they have to pay more attention to younger children D they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family 64 By saying Middle children are invisible in paragraph 3 Lewis means that middle children A have to help their parents to serve dinner B get the least attention from the family C are often kept away from the dinner table D find it hard to keep up with other children 65 Lewis research provides an answer to the question A why TV is important in family life B why parents should keep good order C why children in small families seem to be quieter D why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life 66 Which of the following statements would the writer agree to A It is important to have the right food for children B It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner C Parents should talk to each of their children frequently D Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner 福建省福州市八县 市 一中福建省福州市八县 市 一中 11 12 学年高一上学期期中联考试题学年高一上学期期中联考试题 第三部分 阅读理解 共 15 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 30 分 A Online shopping started not so long ago Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990 The first online bank opened in 1994 In 1995 Amazon started operating and is not one of the largest online shopping malls Then in 1996 eBay started its online shopping site By sitting at home you can now buy anything from knives to cars The worry you may have about traveling and parking can be avoided 避免 while you shop online With online shopping you need not worry about the weather Online shops have no holidays closing times or any other problems You can shop 24 hours a day 7 days a week and 365 days a year Some online shops also keep customers opinions about each product so you can easily find out what other customers think about the product before buying it When you go for real world shopping you can actually touch and feel it but in online shopping you can only see the pictures Also if you are shopping online you have to be careful with your credit cards The first step in online shopping is to search for what you want to buy Once you find the required product put it in a shopping cart and continue shopping After you have got enough in your shopping cart check out the product You can add or take out the products in your shopping cart The next step is to login 登录 using a username and a password Enter the address where you want the product to be sent Some sites even ask for your email phone numbers ect Then wait for the confirmation 确认 of your order You can also cancel 取消 the order if needed Online shopping is a different experience and you can make shopping online easy when you get used to it 56 When shopping online you can A park your car where you want to B buy anything wherever you go C touch anything you want to buy D know what others think of the product 57 The second paragraph mainly tells us A people can do online shopping at their own homes B the things people can buy in online shops C the advantages people can have through online shopping D people can know different opinions of customers 58 From the text we can know that A once customers put the products in their shopping carts they can t change them B customers should be careful with their credit cards when shopping online C customers must give their emails as well as their phone numbers D people can know different opinions of all customers 59 If you want to buy a cup online what is the right order of the following things you can do a Put the cup into your shopping cart b Wait for the confirmation of the order c Search for a right cup d Enter the address A b c d a B c a d b C a b c d D c d a b B Early on Saturday morning one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded hit central Chile The powerful quake killed more than 800 people destroyed or badly damaged 1 5 million homes and affected almost 2 million people The 8 8 magnitude earthquake struck around 3 34 a m jolting 震摇 people awake all over the country The earthquake came from underwater off the coast of Chile Fernando Abarzua was in one of the many buildings that collapsed 倒塌 there I was on the eighth floor and all of a sudden I was down here he said adding that he was surprised to have escaped with no major injuries The earthquake triggered 引发 a tsunami that swept across the Pacific Ocean setting off warnings in 53 countries In the end the tsunami s waves caused major damage and several deaths in Chile but nowhere else Dozens of aftershocks or smaller earthquakes rattled 使颤动 the area in the days following Saturday s massive quake Chile has a history of earthquakes The largest recorded earthquake in the world a 9 5 magnitude quake struck the country in May 1960 Since 1973 there have been 13 quakes there with a magnitude of at least 7 0 As a result Chile s newer buildings were built to withstand 经受 住 the shocks That is one reason that Chile s quake though 500 times stronger has caused much less damage than the earthquake that struck Haiti in January On Sunday Bachelet ordered troops in Chile to help hand out food water and blankets and to clear rubble 瓦砾堆 from the roads Temporary hospitals were planned for the hardest hit areas She later requested help from the international community On Monday the United Nations prepared earthquake relief efforts as well as 30 tons of food and other help Even before Bachelet s request President Obama announced that the U S was prepared to help The United States stands ready to assist in the rescue and recovery efforts he said 60 The passage mainly tells us A how the world helped Chile after its earthquake B a massive 巨大的 earthquake rocked Chile and the response to it C hundreds of people died after the Chile s earthquake D the poorest country Chile was destroyed completely 61 According to the passage we know Fernando Abarzua is A brave B devoted C lucky D kind 62 Which of the following could be the main and direct reason that caused less damage in Chile than that in Haiti A Help came in time B Chile s people had got the news before the earthquake C Chile is richer than Haiti D Most of the buildings in Chile can bear the shocks 63 The passage most probably appears A in a newspaper B in a magazine C in a history book D in an advertisement C Going on a road trip The St Louis Arch Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge are great tourist sites But if you prefer offbeat destinations 目的地 check out the following roadside attractions World s Largest Ball of Paint Alexandria Ind In 1977 Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere Starting with a baseball as center he painted layer after layer of paint day after day year after year The ball weighs more than 1 300 pounds with more than 20 000 coats of paint which is recognized by Guinness World Records Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history The Museum of Dirt Boston Mass The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson Labeled 贴有标签的 glass bottles contain such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France Best of all the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap It s free Mount Horeb Mustard Museum Mount Horeb Wis It s heaven for hotdog lovers This museum claims to have the world s largest collection of prepared mustard 芥末 Its more than 4 100 bottles of spices come from 60 nations including Turkey and China Visitors learn the history of mustard from how it s made to how it s advertised and sold The museum s creator Barry Levenson loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream Paper House Rockport Mass Swedish immigrant 移民 Ellis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922 when he started to build a two room house almost entirely out of newspaper At the time people didn t give much if any thought to recycling paper The house is framed with wood but the walls are made of 215 layers 层 of newspaper 64 The underlined word offbeat in the first paragraph has the same meaning as A great B foreign C unusual D historical 65 If you want to add your own work to what you visit you may choose A World s Largest Ball of Paint B The Museum of Dirt C Mount Horeb Mustard Museum D Paper House 66 Which of the following is true of Barry L