高三阅读理解练习

1、AMichele Langlois is a young Canadian who works for the police as a handwriting expert. She has helped catch many criminals by using her special skill.When she was only fourteen, Michel was already so interested in the differences in her schoolfri ends handwriting that she would spend hours studying

2、 them. After finishing college she went toFrance for a special two-year class to learn how to analyze handwriting at the School of Police Science. On her return, she began her work for the Quebec police.Michele says that it is impossible for people to disguise (伪装 ) their handwriting. She can discov

3、er most of what she needs to know simply by looking at the writing with her own eyes, butshe also has machines that help her analyze different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge isoften of help to the police.Michele also believes that handwriting is a good sign of the kind of person the writer i

4、s.wouldn t go out with a fellow if I didn t like his handwriting,” she saysll. But she adds that sin love with her future husband, William Smith before she studied his handwriting. It later provedto be all right, however.1.The best title for the text would be _.A. Police ScienceB. Friends of PoliceC

5、. Handwriting ReaderD. Art of Handwriting2.Where did Michele learn to analyze people s handwriting?A. At workB. In Quebec Police StationC. In the middle schoolD. In a police school3. Michele usually analyze handwriting by _.A. looking at itB. using a machineC. studying the ink usedD. examining the p

6、aper used4.Besides helping the police Michele uses her skill to _.A. teach her friendsB. look for a husbandC. decide if a person will do something wrongD. told what kind of person the writer is from his handwriting5.The underlined word“ it” in the last sentence refers to _.A. Michele s jobB. William

7、 s handwritingC. Michele s analyzing skillD. William s love for Michele记叙文： 1 主旨题2 细节题3 细节题4 细节题5 猜测词义(CDADC)BThere are hundreds of TV channels in the United States. Americans get a lot of entertainmentand information from TV. Most people probably watch it for entertainment only. For some people, ho

8、wever, TV is where they get the news of the day. But some new TV programs or shows put entertainment and news together.This new kindof program in the UnitedStates is called “ informationwhich”,meansinformation (info-) and entertainment (-tainment). These kinds of programs use actors to act out news

9、stories, making the news of the day more interesting and exciting to people. The shows also use special effects.An example of infotainment is the show“ Americaprogram get stories from real cases that the police have dealt with. s Most Wanted ” . The producers of this In most of these cases, thepolic

10、e never found the person who committed the crime (犯罪 ). Sometimes they caught the criminal, but he or she ran away again. They use actors to play the parts of all the people in thecase. At the end of the story, however, they always show“ mug shots” , or police photographs, ofthe real criminals.1.The

11、 purpose of the first paragraph is to introduce _.A. news programsB.“ information”C. TV channelsD. entertainment programs2.One important difference between an infotainmentand ordinary TV news program is that it_.A. reports news from where it happensB. shows the photos of real criminalsC. use actors

12、to play the roleD. announces news for the police3.We can infer from the text that the producers of“ America s Most Wanted” _.A. also work as police officersB. hope to get money from the policeC. hope the program will help the police catch the criminalsD. often find it difficult to persuade people to

13、 act as criminals4. In the program title“ America s Most Wanted” (line 1, para 3),“ most wanted” probab_.A. criminalsB. producersC. policeD. actors5. The best title for the text would be _.A. A New Type of TV ProgramB. TV Program for the PoliceC. America s Most WantedD. Entertainment before Informat

14、ion说明文：1 主旨题2 细节题3 推断题4 猜测词义题5 主旨题(BCCAA)周三A“ When one of the doctors criticizes me, I get defensive. I feel like a child again, being scolded, and I want to explain that I mnot wrong. ”says Viola, a nurse. This is a common reaction to criticism, but not a good one. There are better ways of dealing

15、with criticism.When Sol was criticized by his new employer for not having made a sale, Sol s reaction wafeel sorry for himself.“ I had put everything I had into making that sale,” Sol says,“had failed as a person. I had to learn through experience not to react like that to each failure.Rather than r

16、eacting immediately to criticism, take some time to think over what was said.Your first question should bewhether the criticism is fair from the other person s position. Theproblem may be a simple misunderstanding of what you did or your reasons for doing it.After you cool down, consider what you ca

17、n do about the situation. The best answer may be“ nothing ” . “ I finally realized that my boss was having personal problems and taking them out onme because I wasthere,” says Sheila.“ His criticism didn t really have anythingmy to do withwork, so nothing I said or did was going to change them.se,”

18、theInSheilabestway to dealscawith it was to leave her job. However, that s an extreme reaction. You may simply explain youropinion without expecting an in- depth discussion. You may even decide that the battle isn fighting this time. The key, in any case, is to have a reasonable plan. t worth1. When

19、 Sol was criticized by his employer, he _.A. argued bitterly with his employerB. was angry and gave up his job.C. was sorry for what he didD. was sad and self-pitying2. According to the writer, you should take time to think about criticism because _.A. people may have a mistaken idea of what you did

20、B. you should welcome other peopleC. people may discuss it with you in depthD. you need time to understand yourself s opinions3. When the writer says that “ thebest answer may be nothing he means, you may decide_.A. to take no notice of the criticismB. to argue with your bossC. you need to change yo

21、ur job.D. you ve done nothing wrong4. The writer thinks Sheila can decide to leave her job because her boss _.A. didn t like her appearanceB. refused to change his opinionC. made an unreasonable criticismD. refused to talk to her about the criticism5. What s the best subtitle of the last paragrph?A.

22、 Take time to cool down.B. React criticism quickly.C. Take action quickly.D. Take positive action.夹叙夹义：1 细节题2 细节题3 猜测句义题4 推断题5 主旨题(CAACD)BWe should also know that“ greed ” is little related to the environmental crisis. The two mainfactors are population pressures, especially the pressures of large c

23、ity population, and the desire tobring a satisfactory living with the lowest possible cost to the largest number of people.The environmental crisis is the result of success in cutting down the death rate of babies,which has given us the population explosion, success in increasing farm output suffici

24、entlytoprevent mass famine( 饥荒 ), success in getting people out of the tenements(租房 ) of the 19thcentury city and into the ownership of single family home in the suburb，which has given us urbantraffic jams. The environmental crisis, in other words, is the result of doing too much of the rightsort of

25、 thing at large.To overcome the problems that success always creates, one must build on it. But where to start? Cleaning up the environment requires determined, sustained(持续的 ) efforts with clear targets and deadlines it needed, above all, concentration of effort. Up to now we have tried to do alitt

26、le bit of everything, what we ought to do first is to draft a list of priorities( 优先解决的问题 1. This passage makes people believe that we have the desire to _. A. live in comfortable family life-style B. set disputes peacefully C. fight cancer and heart disease with energetic research).D. have greater government involvement in people s daily life2. According to this passage, one early step in any effort to improve the environ