高三英语专项复习阅读理解专练

高三英语专项复习阅读理解专练（I）Recently the World Health Organization announced that the disease of smallpox（天花）had almost been wiped out in most parts of the world，thanks to widespread vaccination（种牛痘）Most people are vaccinated at least once in their lives and if they wish to travel from one country to another they must be able to prove that they have had a recent vaccinationIn this way the disease has been prevented from spreading and today one seldom hears of it at allThis is mainly because of the great discovery made by a village doctor，Edward Jenner，in about 1798 when he published his report of his new experiment called vaccination（from the word“vacca”meaning a cow）Jenner discovered that people who worked with cattle often suffered from a harmless disease which they caught from the cattle，but these people never seemed to get smallpoxSo he experimented by putting the disease into a small opening on the arms of healthy people，and though their arms became painful for a day or two，they soon recovered and none of these people ever got smallpoxSo the news of the wonderful discovery spread to other countries and people rushed to their doctors to be vaccinatedIn many countries the simple way to deal with the arm was done on thousands of people，and the terrible smallpox began to disappear1Which of the following is an ineffectual way of preventing the spread of smallpox？AMost people were vaccinated against the disease at least onceBPeople going abroad should promise not to spread the diseaseCPeople travelling from one country to another must prove they are vaccinatedDPeople must be vaccinated shortly before going to foreign countries2The doctors new discovery was called “vaccination”for the reason that _ Ahe discovered smallpox near a farm Bhe experimented with a disease from the cattleChe was working with cattle in the countrysideDpeople got the disease of smallpox from the cattle3The news of the discovery _ Acaught peoples attention from all corners of the worldBspread far and near in the western countriesCmade people rush to Dr Jenner for vaccinationDhelped to get rid of the terrible disease of smallpox（II）Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living spaceThe amount of space a person needs around him is a cultural（文化的）difference，not an economic（经济的）oneKnowing your own psychological（心理的）space needs is important because they strongly affect your choices，including，for example，the number of bedrooms in the homeIf you were brought up in a two-child family and both you and your sister or brother had your own bedrooms，the chances are，if you have two children or more，that you also will offer separate bedrooms for themIn America，for example，they train people to want to have their own rooms by giving them their own rooms when they are babiesThis is very rare in the worldIn many other countries，the baby sleeps in the same bed with his parents or in a bed near themThe space in the home also shows a lot about psychological space needsSome families gather closer to each other and the size of their house has nothing to do with itOthers have separate little corners where family members go to be aloneAlthough it is true that psychological space needs are not decided by economic reasons，they sometimes have to be changed a little because of economic pressuresIt is almost impossible，however，to completely change your psychological space needs1The first sentence in Paragraph 1“Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space”means“_ ”ANo two people need exactly the same amount of living spaceBLiving space requirements are not always the sameCThe world requires the same amount of living spaceDNobody needs a required amount of living space2Some families gather closer to each other at home than others because _ Athey have limited living space Bthey are brought up in a large familyCit satisfies their psychological space needsDthe children in the family sleep in the same bed with their parents3Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？AAmericans are trained to live in large rooms at birthBEconomic situation decides ones amount of space needsCPeople in various countries demand different psychological spaceDKnowing your psychological space needs is important，as it affects your future4The best title for the passage is _AAmerican Way of Living BPsychological Space CSpace Needs in Different Countries DPsychological Space and Economic Pressure（III）If you want to stay young，sit down and have a good thinkThis is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors，who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exerciseand as a result，we are growing old unnecessarily soonProfessor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why quite healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason（推理）at a rather early age，and how the speed of getting old could be slowed downWith a team of researchers at Tokyo National University，he set about measuring brain volumes（容量）of a thousand people of different ages with different jobsComputer technology helped the researchers to get most exact measurements of the volume of the front and side parts of the brain，which have something to do with intellect（智力）and feelings，and decide the human characterAs we all know，the back part of the brain，which controls tasks like eating and breathing，does not contract（萎缩）with ageContraction of front and side partsas cells（细胞）die offwas seen in some people in their thirties，but it was still not found in some sixty and seventy-year-oldsMatsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to prevent the contractionusing the headThe findings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the townsThose with least possibility，says Matsuzawa，are lawyers，followed by university professors and doctorsWhite collar workers doing the same work day after day in government offices are，however as possible to have contracting brains as the farm worker，bus driver and shop assistant1The team of doctors wanted to find out _ Aat what point people grow mentally old Bhow to make people live longerCthe size of certain peoples brains Dwhich people are the most clever2The doctors tests show that _ Aour brains contract as we grow older Bone part of the brain does not contractCsixty-year-olds have better brains than thirty-year-oldsDsome peoples brains have contracted earlier than other peoples3According to the article，_ are growing old earlier than people who live in the citiesAfarmers Boffice clerks Cshop assistants Dbus drivers4The most possible conclusion of the passage is that _ Amost of us should take more exercise Bits better to live in the townCthe brain contracts if it is not used Dthe more one uses his brain，the sooner he becomes old（IV）Bill Robinson is on trial for murder（因谋杀而受审）He grew up in a small town in Ohio and then went to Kent State University for one yearWhen he was nineteen years old，he was asked to join the army and was soon sent to fight in VietnamHe was very unhappy there as he hated the war and he hated killing peopleTwo years later he returned home and tried to pick up where he had left off，but things were never quite the same again for the young black manFor one thing，he always had terrible dreams about the warHe could not concentrate on his studies and soon he had to leave schoolThen he was fired from one job after anotherHe wanted to meet someone nice and get married，but he just couldnt seem to get close to anyoneHe became angry easily and people avoided himHe was always lonelyFinally one day，while eating at a restaurant，Bill lost control of himself and shot someone for no reason at allBills lawyer hopes that he will not be held responsible for the shootingHe hopes that the judge and the jury（陪审团）will understand that Bill was“temporarily insane（一时精神错乱）”and did not really choose to kill anyone1What did Bill Robinson do after he returned from abroad？AHe gave up the chance to go back to college BHe tried to go back to his normal lifeCHe picked up his things and left again DHe found what he had dreamed of2He failed to complete his college education because he _ Ahated school Bjoined the armyCdidnt study hard Dfound it difficult to keep his mind on his studies3He never married because _ Athere were no nice girls around Bhe didnt care to meet any girlsChe hadnt met girls that he liked Dhe found it hard to make friends with girls4The best title for this article is _ ARobinson on Trial BMurder at a RestaurantCA Young Black Man DA Victim of the Vietnam War（V）There are warm tropical regions all over the globe，but only the Indians of the South American rain forests have formed the habit of sleeping in the open airLong before they made painful acquaintance（相识） with Europeans，they had invented something that was unique on earth ：the hammockNobody really knows who first had bright idea of making sleeping in the air the symbol of untroubled restThe Indians see the hammock as a“gift of heaven（上天）”， something given to them a very long time agoIn it the Indians pass away hot noon hours，napping or chattingSwinging it to and fro（来回摆动）creates a cooling breath of air and keeps away insectsThey work and play in hammocks，are born and die thereHung like a suspension bridge between heaven and earth，a hammock is dry while the soil is damp and is safe from most wild animalsHammocks have the advantage over beds in that they are easy to transport and take up very little space when they have been rolled up（卷起）Indians never go on a journey without their hammocks，not even to their plantations1The word“hammock”in this passage means _ Aa suspension cage which can be swung to and fro in the airBa seat hanging by two ropes from the branch of a treeCa suspension bridge in the South American rain forestsDa net hung between two supports and used as a bed2Indians swing the hammock to _ Apray to heaven for a gift Bkeep away flies，mosquitoes and other insectsCkeep away wild animals Dfall asleep quickly3According to the passage ，hammocks _ Acannot be rolled up Bare difficult to transportCare never brought to the plantations Dcan be kept dry while the ground is wet4The passage is about _ Athe Indian way of living Btropical regionsCIndians gift for the Europeans Da portable bed（VI） McGill Comedy ClubImportant meeting todayDiscussion on putting on Blazing SaddlesUnion room 302，34 pmNew members（both actors and non-actors，living and dead）are welcome History Students AssociationProfMichael Cross of Dalhousie University will be speaking on“ Unskilled Labours on Rivers and Canals in Upper Canada，1820 1850：The Beginnings of Class Struggle” at 10 amin Leacock 230 Design Mirror SaleAll types and sizes of design mirrors priced to pleaseSale today in Union room 108 McGill Teaching Assistants AssociationA general meeting，for all the TAs，will be held at 4pmin Leacock 116 Womens UnionImportantGeneral meeting at 6pm Union room 423Speaker on “Importance of Deciding Basic Goals of the Womens Union”Everyone，old， new and those interested，please attend Film SocietyLast meeting of the term for all members All managers are required to be present6pmsharp，Union room 434 Canadian University Students OverseasCUSO presents “Guess Whos Coming to Breakfast” at 7pmNewman Centre，3484PeelFind out about CUSO here and overseasEveryone welcome 1Where can you probably find this text？AIn a school magazine BIn a national paperCIn a guide book DIn a university daily newspaper2If you are interested in arts，where would you go for a visit？ALeacock 116 BUnion room 423CUnion room 108 DNewman Center，3484 Peel3Which of the following is the name of a play？ABlazing SaddlesBGuess Whos Coming to BreakfastCImportance of Deciding Basic Goals of the Womens UnionDUnskilled Labours on Rivers and Canals in Upper Canada，18201850 (VII）When prices are low，people will buy more，and when prices are high，they will buy lessEvery shopper knows thisBut at the same time，producers want higher prices for their goods when they make more goodsAccording to the economic（经济的）point of view，changes in the prices of goods cause changes in supply and demand As is shown in the graph（图表），people buy fewer shoes as the price of shoes goes upOn the contrary，a decrease in the price causes an increase in demandBusiness firms look for the perfect price at which the largest profits（利润）can be madeIf the price of the shoes goes up to50，the consumers（消费者）will not buy all of 3，000 shoesThe producers will have a surplus（剩余）of 2，000 shoes and they can only get50，000If the price of the shoes is lowered to10，as many as 5，000 shoes can be soldStill，only50，000 is made1According to this article，the main idea of the first paragraph is that _ Athe lower the price is，the less people will buyBproducers want to make more money by making fewer goodsCevery shopkeeper knows the price for goodsDhow changes in prices of shoes affect the number of shoes sold2From the passage，we can conclude that _ is the best price for the producers to sell the shoes which are worth the highest priceA.30 B.20 C.10 D.503Which of the following is the best title for the passage？AProducers and Goods BPrice and Quality CShopkeepers and Shoes DSupply and Demand（VIII）New York，10 November5：27pm，yesterdayBiggest power failure in the citys historyThousands of people got stuck in liftsMartin Saltzman spent three hours between the 21st and 22nd floors of the Empire State Building“There were twelve of usBut no one panickedWe passed the time telling stories and playing word games One man wanted to smoke but we didnt let himFiremen finally got us out”“It was the best night weve ever had，”said Angela Carraro，who runs an Italian restaurant on 42nd Street“We had lots of candles on the tables and the waiters were carrying candles on their traysThe place was fulland all night，in fact，for after we had closed，we let the people stay on and spend the night here”The zoos had their problems like everyone elseKeepers worked through the nightThey used blankets to keep flying squirrels and small monkeys warmWhile zoos had problems keeping warm，supermarkets had problems keeping cool“All of our ice cream and frozen foods melted，”said the manager of a store in downtown Manhattan“They were worth 50,000”The big electric clock in the lobby（大厅）of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in downtown Manhattan started ticking（滴答） again at 5：25 this morningIt was almost on time1Throughout the period of darkness，Martin Saltzman and the eleven others were _ Anervous Bexcited Ccalm Dfrightened2In what way was the night of November 9 the best night for Angela Carraro？AShe had a taste of adventure BBurning candles brightened the placeCBusiness was better than usual DMany people stayed the night in her restaurant3How long did the power failure last？ANearly 12 hours BMore than 12 hours CNearly 24 hours DMore than 24 hours阅读理解专练答案（I） 【解题思路与答案】这是一篇具有科普性质的说明文，说明了种牛痘防治天花的始末。第1题属细节辨认题，A、C、D三个选项的内容都可在第一段找到，而“去国外的人应该保证不传播这种疾病”在文中找不到根据，故选项B正确。第2题属细节辨认题，第二段第1句vaccination（from the word“vacca”meaning a cow）即本题答案出处，故选B正确。第3题属细节辨认题。由第三段第1句可知，这一消息传到其它国家，不仅仅是西方国家，所以排除选项B；人们是到医生那里去种牛痘，而不是到Jenner医生那里去种牛痘，故排除选项C；“vaccination”而不是“the news”可使人们免于“天花”这一疾病，故排除选项D。通过细节的认定，本题正确答案是A。（II）【解题思路与答案】本篇短文属议论文体裁。第1题属细节辨认题，第一段第1句Not every-one属部分否定，而选项A、D属全部否定，选项C为全部肯定，故选项B正确。第2题为推理判断题，第二段第1句 The space（家庭空间也在很大程度上表明了人们心理空间的需要），由此可推理出选项C正确。第3题属推理判断题，通过第一段后三句美国与其它国家在对婴儿居室的不同安排上，可推断选项C正确。第4题属概括主题思想题。选项A、D分别在第一段和第三段中出现过，并非全文的主旨大意，选项C也不是全文的主旨大意。选项B概括了全文的主题，故选B正确。（III）【解题思路与答案】本篇短文属科普题材。第1题属概括主题思想题。选项B意为“如何使人长寿”；选项C意为“某些人大脑的大小”；选项D意为“哪些人最聪明”。这三个选项的内容都不是全文的主旨大意，只有选项A才