高考英语《阅读理解》专项练习题(含答案)

1、高考英语阅读理解专项练习题（含答案）active challenge weight l oss camp for girls aged 13-18 in canada. location ：beautiful bear creek outdoor centre near ottawa ontario season： july 2-august 28th capacity： 40 activities include hiking ，rafting ，canoeing ，yoga （瑜伽），cooking ， camp skills ， mountain biking，nutrition cla

2、sses ， swimming ， fitness classes，etc choose what you like. active challenge is a weight loss program specially for young women. the burden of being overweight is heavier than just the extra pounds. we use outdoor adventures to challenge the girls, to give them something to draw strength from. becau

3、se youll be losing weight alongside young women just like you, youll find no one laughing at you and youll help each other. at active challenge youll make lifelong friends with young women of your own age and learn to love new adventurous activities. unlike any other weight loss program, active chal

4、lenge is designed so youll lose weight and have the strategies （策略）and skills to keep the weight off forever. active challenge does not put you on a diet. we foll ow the canada food guide to healthy eating and exercise appropriate portion （一份）control. we help you d evelop healthy habits. the staff a

5、t active chall enge combine experienced outdoor adventure professionals with highly qualified clinicians. all of us are absolutely devoted to helping you achieve lasting behavioral change and weight loss. most of all, we are devoted to having a great time doing it. pre-camp： upon registration （注册）in

6、 active challenge, a registration package will be sent out to you with forms to be completed before camping as well as program preparation materials, an introduction to active challenge and pre-program personal challenging assignments （任务）to get you on your way toward a healthier self. post-camp： ou

7、r post program is designed to keep you focused and remind you of the goals that you set during the camp. after the camp ends we will send you home with your personal meal and exercise plan and keep in touch with you for a full three months through letters, emails and phone calls ，tracking your progr

8、ess and giving you strategies and support. 1outdoor adventurous activities are held for girls _ . ato foll ow a good diet bto lose weight quickly cto build up their health dto increase their confidence 2how will girls feel about the atmosphere at active challenge? alonely but safe. bcold but excitin

9、g. cfriendly and supportive. dcompetitive and challenging. 3after registration, girls _. ashould go to buy the program preparation materials bwill be informed how to get prepared for the program cshould learn some skills and strategies to lose weight dwill have to finish some challenging assignments

10、 at home 4the post-camp help will last _. auntil the end of november buntil the beginning of the next year cuntil girls achieve success in their lives duntil girls can keep their weight off forever 5what is the main purpose of the text? ato explain why active challenge is popular. bto share skills a

11、nd strategies of l osing weight. cto show how important losing weight is. dto invite girls to join in active challenge. could looking through trees be the view to a greener future? trees replacing the clear glass in your wind ows is not a work of science fiction. its happening now. forest products l

12、aboratory researcher junyong zhu together with colleagues from the university of maryland and university of colorado has developed a transparent wood material that may be the wind ow of tomorrow. researchers found that transparent wood has the potential to outperform glass currently used in construc

13、tion in nearly every way. while glass is the most common material used in window construction, it comes with quite a few bad consequences. heat easily transfers through glass and amounts to higher energy bills when it escapes during cold weather and pours in when its warm. glass production used for

14、construction also comes with a heavy carbon footprint. manufacturing emissions al one are approximately 25,000 metric tons per year, without considering the heavy footprint of transporting the glass. the innovation was devel oped using wood from the balsa tree, which is native to south and central a

15、merica. the team treated balsa wood to an oxidizing bath, where the wood is kept in a bleach solution at room temperature to remove the light-absorbing substance from the structure. the wood is then penetrated （注入） with a synthetic polymer called polyvinyl alcohol （pva） , creating a product that is

16、virtually transparent. so the transparent wood is created, which is far more durable and lighter than glass. switching to transparent wood could prove to be cost efficient as well. it is approximately five times more thermally efficient than glass, cutting energy costs. it is made from a sustainable

17、, renewable resource with low carbon emissions. with all of these potential benefits for consumers, manufacturing and the environment, the case for transparent wood couldnt be clearer. 6what is the main problem with glass used in window construction? ait is inefficient in letting heat out. bit is in

18、convenient to transport. cit causes a high ecol ogical price. dit scarcely reflects light and heat. 7what does the und erlined part a bl each solution refer to? aa way to make colors fade. ba liquid to make objects pale. ca container to store liquids. da process to solve probl ems. 8what do the rese

19、archers probably agree with? ainnovation is the vitality of scientific housing. bthings are not always what they seem. cthere are more ways to the wood than one. dthere is nothing permanent except change. 9what is the authors attitude toward transparent wood? askeptical. b ambiguous. cappreciative.

20、dconservative. it can be tough to pull kids away from their computers and mobile devices these days. whil e they re playing games, wouldnt it be great if they could be learning at the same time? good educational apps offer fun challenges that teach specific grade - level skills. here are four that c

21、ombine fun and l earning. understanding math ( $ 3.99 ； ios) understanding math goes beyond basic comprehension to gain a deeper understanding of the whys and hows of math. the app tracks your childs progress to determine strengths and weaknesses in different skill areas, and you can customize (订制 )

22、 your childs learning experience to suit the needs. word creativity kit ( $2.99； ios) word creativity kit aims not only to make creative writing fun but also build up grammar rules. the app presents a series of words from seven categories, such as space or fantasy. kids add their own words to finish

23、 the complete thoughts that these words have inspired. barefoot worl d atlas ( $4.99 ； ios) barefoot worl d atlas helps kids learn about geography and world cultures with a touch of the screen. each region features a set of sub - topics, from wildlife and natural features to native people ,landmarks

24、, and architecture. these facts and illustrations are delivered in photographs, sounds, and hundreds of mini videos. my grades & homework ( $0.99； ios) a combination of grades and homework tracker, my grades & homework can help your child stay organized and on top of the progress in school.

25、a convenient calendar and course list format and offer a glance at your child s assignment schedule that he or she might not normally get from standard homework planners. 10which app is beneficial to childrens writing skills? aunderstanding math. bword creativity kit. cbarefoot worl d atlas. dmy gra

26、des homework. 11what is the common part of the four apps? athey need purchasing when downloaded. bthey help children improve their grades. cthey make studies fun because of mini videos. dthey inform parents of their childrens progress. 12what is the purpose of the text? ato wish readers to bring in

27、more similar apps for children. bto encourage parents to all ow their students to play apps. cto design the educational apps to combine fun and learning. dto introduce four educational apps for readers to buy and use. are you interested in country music? i like it very much! it will take me away for

28、 a while after i am tired. the guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields. country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. its the spirit of america, easy to understand, sl ow and simple. country music devel oped in the southern united states. it was the folk music of american

29、 countryside. many of songs tell about the lives of farmers. they talk about love, crops or d eath. the life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. at first, peopl e played the music only at family parties. but it became more popular later. in the 1920s, peopl e

30、 played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records. when peopl e in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. country music continued to change and became popular across america. john denver was one of americas most famous country s

31、ingers in the 1970s. his song take me home, country roads is well- known and peopl e still play it today. 13country music is usually about _aeveryday life and feelings bfarmers feelings cthe lives of workers dthe lives of farmers 14people began to make country song records _ain the 1920s b in 1920 c

32、in the 1970s din 1970 15why did country music become popular in america? abecause city people liked the music. bbecause farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change. cbecause country music talked about city peoples lives. dbecause country music developed in the southern africa

33、. 16who is famous for the song take me home, country roads? aa farmer in the countryside. ba person who moved to towns. cjohn denver. djohn denvers brother. shopping can indeed improve a bad mood， a study published in the journal of psychology and marketing showed. in fact， in a survey of over 1 ， 0

34、00 american adults ， 96%said they had bought something to make themselves feel better. however，the benefits of retail therapy （购物疗法） are often fugitive and can give way to long-term side effects. negative emotions and sadness can lead to a loss of self-worth and this often is what drives peopl e to

35、turn to shopping when they feel down. the result ：those same negative emotions can come back with regret and guilt， if we spend more than we should or had planned to. what were d oing with retail therapy is that were trying desperately to regulate our emotions ，says joanne corrigan ，a clinical psych

36、ologist specializing in compassion focused therapy-a type of psychotherapy aimed at helping people with mental-health issues related to shame and self-criticism. we dont like uncomfortable emotions. so well do short-lived things that make us feel good in the moment. when we feel d own or anxious ，ou

37、r ability to control ourselves is reduced，making us tend to make bad decisions. sadness ， it seems ， leads to more impatient thoughts， and a desire for immediate reward at the expense of greater future gains. this phenomenon was termed “ myopic misery（近视苦难）” by jennifer lerner ， professor of psychol

38、 ogy at harvard university and her colleagues ye li and elke weber of columbia university in their research paper on the issue. according to cormell university economist robert frank，the key to fighting the impulse （冲动） to shop when we feel d own is self-control. he points to the work of walter mich

39、el，who conducted the stanford marshmallow test ， an experiment in child psychology and delayed satisfaction ，which sought to examine self-control among children by offering them a choice between one small reward provided immediately or two small rewards if they waited for a short period. foll ow-up

40、studies found that children who were willing to wait longer for rewards tended to have better scores in later life when it came to measurements including sat scores，educational attainment and body mass index（bmi ）. “ for a lasting sense of well -being ， we need to overcome the impulse for immediate

41、satisfaction. frank says. you ought to take a longer view of what counts，but thats where people have consistent difficulty: giving sufficient weight to things that occur not now but in the future. ”17which word is cl osest in meaning to the underlined word “ fugitive” in paragraph1？apotential. btemp

42、orary. cpredictable. dthorough. 18people suffering from myopic misery tend to focus more on_. aself-control bpatient thoughts cfuture gains dimmediate satisfaction 19what message is conveyed in walter michels test in paragraph 4? apatience is not something worth taking seriously. bself-control is he

43、lpful to build long-term success. cchildren unwilling to wait longer have achieved higher scores. dimmediate satisfaction is as valuable as delayed satisfaction. 20which of the foll owing can best serve as the title of this passage? ahow can we fight the impulse to shop? bhow can we deal with myopic

44、 misery? cis retail therapy a cure for the bad mood? dis immediate satisfaction worth considering? summer activities students should read the list with their parents/carers, and select two activities they would like to d o. forms will be available in school and online for them to indicate their choi

45、ces and return to school. before choices are finalised, parents/ carers will be asked to sign to confirm their children s choices. activity description member of staff cost outdoor adventure (out) take yourself out of your comfort zone for a week, discover new personal qualities, and learn new skill

46、s. you will be able to take part in a number of activities from canoeing to wild camping on dartmoor. learn rock climbing and work as a team, and enjoy the great outdoor environment. mr.clemens 140 wwbattlefields and paris (wbp) on monday we travel to london. after staying overnight in lond on, we t

47、ravel on day 2 to northern france to visit the worl d war battlefields. on day 3 we cross into belgium. thursday sees us make the short journey to paris where we will visit disneyland paris park, staying until late to see the parade and the fireworks. our final day, friday, sees us visit central par

48、is and tour the main sights. mrs. wilson 425 crafty foxes (crf) four days of product design centred around textiles.making lovely objects using recycled and made materials.bags, cushions and decorations.learn skills and leave with modern and unusual textiles. mrs. goode 30 potty about potter (pot) v

49、isit warner bros studio, shop stop to buy picnic, stay overnight in an approved youth hostel in streatley-on-thames, guid ed tour of oxford to see the film locations, picnic lunch outside oxford s miss drake 150 christchurch, boating on the river cherwell through the university parks, before heading

50、 back to exeter. 21which activity will you choose if you want to go camping? aout. b wbp. ccrf. dpot. 22what will the students do on tuesday with mrs. wilson? atravel to lond on. bsee a parade and fireworks. ctour central paris. dvisit the w w battlefields. 23how long does potty about potter last? a

51、two days. b four days. cfive days. done week. the coronavirus outbreak has sparked panic buying of toilet paper and cleaning products in countries across the world, but one uk businessman is determined to spread some happiness among the anxiety and confusion. rob braddick, 48, who owns braddick s ho

52、liday park in westward ho, devon, in the southwest of england, has filled the toy grabber machines in his amusement park with two of the country s most sought-after cl eaning products. customers could previously try their hand at grabbing “ frozen 2” or “ peter rabbit” toys from the machines, but no

53、 more. “ they got removed this morning,” braddick said of the toys, replacing them with toilet roll and hand sanitizer (洗手液 ). visitors can now pay 50p for three goes on the toilet roll grabber, or a go for carex, which braddick described as the “ rolls- royce of hand sanitizers.”braddick said that

54、his decision was born of a desire to make people feel less stressed in uncertain times. “ it s a bit of light relief with everything that s going on,” he said. “ hopefully it will raise a smile, which i think everybody needs.”around the world, travel plans have been severely affected, and tens of mi

55、llions of people remain at home as part of global efforts to fight against coronavirus. supermarkets have seen shortages of toilet paper and hand sanitizer as anxious consumers stockpile the products. braddick said the family business, which has been running since 1932, has received mor e than a doz

56、en calls from potential customers who say they don t want to travel abroad for their holidays and would rather stay in the uk. as for his own measures against coronavirus, braddick said staff have been told to wash their hands every half hour, which is particularly important for those handling money

57、. 24what is the third paragraph mainly about? anew practice of the game. bprizes of the game. cprice for a try. dpeople s love for grabbing toys.25what s the purpose of braddick s new idea?ato make higher profits. bto attract more peopl e to play the game. cto support his family business. dto ease p

58、eople s anxiety.26what can be inferred from the passage? acleaning products will be in shortage for a long time. bbraddick s business is experiencing a hard time.ctourism may fall into a decline. deveryone in the park is told to wash their hands every half hour. almost every family buys as least one

59、 copy of a newspaper every day. some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. but why do people read newspapers? five hundred years ago, news of important happenings-battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown(推翻 )or killed-took months and even years to travel from one

60、country to another. the news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in faraway countries on the same day they happen. apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. there are