2020年度高考英语阅读理解专项练习题

1、2020 年度高考英语阅读理解专项练习题( 一)Do you have any strong opinion on co-educational orsingle-sex schools?A supporter of co-educational schools would probably saythat schools should be like the societies they belong to .InHong Kong , men and women mix socially on a day-to-daybasis .In many fields men are even l

2、ikely to have femalebosses .It is ,therefore, desirable that boys and girls growup together ,go to school together ,and prepare themselvesfor a society that does not value sexual separation.Some would go on to argue further that growing up withmembers of the opposite sex is important for personaldev

3、elopment .Regular contact ( 接触)can remove the strangeideas about the opposite-sex and lead to more naturalrelationships .Single-sex conditions are seen as leading tomore extreme opinions, and possibly even as encouraginghomosexuality( 同性恋),though there is no proof that this isthe case.Those who are

4、against coeducation often also fix theirattention on the sexual side .Some parents fear that closecontact with members of the opposite sex is dangerous forteenagers .They want their children to be attentive to theirstudies .Such parents feel uncomfortable with modern ways andthe free mixing of the s

5、exes.A stronger argument comes from research into schoolresults .Girls grow up earlier than boys ,tend to be moreorderly and are likely to be better at languages .In a mixedclass ,boys who might do well in a single-sex class becomediscouraged and take on the rule of troublemaker .Certainlyin the UK

6、this situation has greatly alarmed ( 惊动)thegovernment for it to be encouraging co-educational schools tohave some single-sex classes .In the UK the best schools areall single-sex ,strongly suggesting that co-education is notthe best answer .This may ,however ,not be as simple as itlooks .It may simp

7、ly be that the famous old schools thatattract the best students happen to be single-sex ,ratherthan that being single-sex makes them better schools.72.In the third paragraph ,by saying “though there is noproof that this is the case ” ,the writer means that .A.students in single-sex schools will cert

8、ainly becomehomosexualB.students in co-educational schools cannot have extremeopinionsC.students in co-educational schools are likely to behomosexualD.single-sex school conditions may or may not haveeffects on the students.73.All the following arguments can be found in thepassage EXCEPT that .A.co-e

9、ducation can produce a society-like situationB.co-educational schools may lead to love affairs betweenboys and girlsC.co-education will help develop a better understandingabout the opposite sexD.co-education can make boys perform well in mixedclasses74.Alarmed by the situation ,the UK governmentenco

10、urages .A.co-educationB.single-sex educationC.single-sex classes in co-educational schoolsD.co-educational classes in single-sex schools75.At the end of the passage the writer suggests that .A.single-sex schools are the best schools in the UKB.being single-sex does not necessarily make a schoolbette

11、rC.co-educational schools are better for both sexes inpersonal developmentD.because boys cannot compete with girls in study ,theygo to single-sex schools答案 72.D 73.D 74.C 75.B( 二)When a storm is coming, most people leave the area asquickly ad possible and head for safety. But there are a fewpeople w

12、ho will get into their cars and go straight for thecenter of the storm. These people are willing to risk( 冒 危险)being killed by floods or 100-kilometer-an-hour winds forthe excitement of watching the storm close up.“Storm chasing( 追逐) ” is becoming an increasinglypopular hobby( 喜好), especially in the

13、 Midwest of the UnitedStates, where there are frepuent storms between March andJuly. A storm chaser begins the day by checking the Internetfor the latest weather reports, and then drives up to 1,000kilometers to where the storm will be and wits for it todevelop.Although anyone can do it , storm chas

14、ing is extremelydangerous. The power of a big storm can throw a cow into theair or destroy a whole house in seconds. Storm chasers arealso often hurt in accidents caused by driving in a heavyrain. If you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a groupfor storm-chasing vacations during the storm sea

15、son.Even then, storm chasing is not all adventure andexcitement . “Storm chasing is 95% driving, ” says DanielLynch, who spends most of his summer storm-chasing.“Sometimes you can sit around for hours waiting forsomething to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a fewlight showers. ”However, for s

16、torm chasers, it is all worth it. “Whenyou get close to a storm, it is the most exciting sight youwill ever see in your life, ” says Jasper Morley. “Everystorm is an example of the power of nature, It is thegreatest show on Earth. ”56. For storm chasing, the first thing storm chasers dois to .A. hea

17、d straight for the center of the stormB. get into the car for safetyC. wait patiently for the storm to developD. collect information about a coming storm57. Beginners of storm chasing are advised .A. not to drive in a heavy rainB. to do it in an organized wayC. not to get too close to a stormD. to spend more time on it in summer58. By saying “it is all worth it ” in the lastparagraph, the author means that .A. storm chasing costs a lot of moneyB. storm chasing is worth hours of waitingC. efforts in storm chasing are well paidD. a storm presents the gre