2010届高三英语阅读理解冲刺精练系列2(含解析)

2010 届高三英语阅读理解冲刺精练系列 2 含解 析 A To master a language one must be able to speak and understand the spoken language as well as to read and write Lenin and his wife Krupskaya translated a long English book into Russian But when they went to England in 1902 English people couldn t understand what was said to them These days more and more foreigners are coming to China and more Chinese are going out to foreign countries to work or study So the spoken language is becoming more and more important Speaking of course can t go without listening If you want to pronounce a word correctly first you must hear it correctly The sounds of the Chinese and English languages are not exactly the same If you don t listen carefully you ll find it difficult or even impossible to understand the native speakers Well what about writing Like speaking it s to exchange ideas People generally use shorter words and shorter sentences in their writing The important thing is to make your idea clear in your head and then to write it in clear lively language Chinese students read far too slowly If you read fast you understand better If you read too slowly by the time you have reached the end of a page you have forgotten what the beginning is about When you meet with new words don t look them up in the dictionary Guess the meaning from the context 上下文 You may not guess quite correctly the first time but as new words come up again and again in different contexts their meaning will become clearer and clearer If you look up every word you ll never finish a book Students of a foreign language need a particular knowledge the knowledge of the life history and geography of the people whose language they are studying They should study these subjects in the foreign language not only in translation In this way one can kill two birds with one stone learn a foreign language and get some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time 1 In the first paragraph the writer mainly told us A how to speak English well B how to read and write English C why spoken English is very important D why English people couldn t understand Lenin 2 In order to study a foreign language the writer thinks the best way is A to kill two birds with one stone B to learn two languages at a time C to study all the subjects in a foreign language D to get some knowledge of the foreign country as well as learn the language 3 In the fourth paragraph the writer gave some advice on A how to imporve reading faster B how to guess the meaning from the context C how to look up new words in the dictionary D how to grasp the general meaning of a passage 4 To kill two birds with one stone means A to get some particular knowledge B to get more than what one pays C the stone is too big D the birds are blind enough B Animals seem to have the sense to eat when they are hungry and they do not eat more than their bodies need It has been demonstrated 证明 that rats will when given a choice over a period of time prefer water with vitamins to water without vitamins even though there is no difference in taste or smell between the two water bottles When a fragrant 香的 flavor 作料 was added to the vitamin enriched water the rats did seem to prefer it and kept drinking it even after the vitamins were switched to the clear water In time however they broke the habit and went back to where the necessary vitamins were In a classic experiment babies of 6 to 12 months old were placed in a cafeteria 自助 feeding arrangement with a wide selection of baby food before them They were given whatever food they pointed to or appeared interested in We are told that at first they showed some unusual eating patterns but that over a period of time they managed to select well balanced diet So in selecting food rats and babies do seem to know and act on what s best for them Apparently there is a kind of body wisdom which humans soon lose Most of us do not eat as wisely as we could Many of our food preferences are culturally determined and influenced by long established habits Some people eat fox dog and blackbirds while we eat cows and pigs So what people eat and how much they eat seems to be greatly influenced by what is going on around them 5 In the experiment on rats a fragrant flavor was added to the rats drinking water to A encourage rats to drink vitamins enriched water B find out rats preference in flavor C test whether rats know which drink is good for them D demonstrate the vitamins are tasteless 6 According to the passage adults eating habits differ from those of babies because A adults know better than babies what kind of food are good for their health B adults usually cannot resist the temptation of various delicious foods C adults eating habits are closely related to the social and cultural customs D adults have more choices of food than babies in eating patterns 7 The author implied in the passage that most of us A eat a balanced diet B choose the food that is of nutrition C have the habits influenced by the surroundings D like to eat the food with a fragrant flavor 8 As far as their eating habits are concerned babies and rats are similar in that A both have the wisdom to choose a balanced diet B both prefer flavored food and drink C both have the same eating patterns D both develop a taste for the same kinds of flavors 1 C 概括归纳题 第一段最后一句 So the spoken language is becoming more and more important 为第一段主题句 其它 A B D 均为细节 2 D 细节理解题 最后一段可以知道 learn a foreign language and get some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time 学好外语最佳的方法是即学语言又获得其国家的知 识 3 A 概括归纳题 第四段第一句话 Chinese students read fo