湖南2020高考英语阅读理解练习题附答案

1、第9页（共9页）湖南2020高考英语阅读理解练习题附答案【由山东省2020高考仿真模拟冲刺卷（5）改编】，s becHrbem8d-yyarhold阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ A B、G D）中选出最佳选项Lightning flashed through the darkness over Donald Lubeck retired worker was shaken by a blast of thunder. It was 11 p. m. The storm had moved directly over his two-story wood home in the rura

2、l town of Belchertown, Massachusetts . Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping. Lubeck padded down the stairs barefoot and opened the door to the basement, and flames exploded out.Lubeck fled back upstairs to(all 119 from his bedroom ,but the phone didn . Lubeworealized he was trapped. “I started pani

3、cking,he saysHis daughter and young granddaughters ,who lived with him ,were away for the night. No one will even know I ' m home, he thou.gHts house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by pines that Lubeck knew calling for help would be fruitless.Up a hill about a third of a mi

4、le away lived Lubeck' s closest neighbors, Jeremie Wentworth aiwife . Wentworth had been lying down, listening to the radio when it occurred to him that the sound was more like a smoke detector. He jumped out of bed ,grabbed a cordless phone and a flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward

5、the noise.He dialed 119Is anyone there?he called out as he appe0aohee. Wentworth knew thatLubeck lived in the houseThen he heard ,“Help me! Itrapped! ” coming from the balcony off Lubecks bedroom“I ran in and yelled,' Don, where are you ?' Then I had to run outside to catch my breathAfter on

6、e more attempt inside the house, he gave up and circled around back But there was no way to get to him . “I shined the flashlight into the woods next to an old shed and noticed a adder, Wentworth . He dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Lubeck down just as the second floor of the house collaps

7、ed.Wentworth and Lubeck don ' t run into each other regularly, but Lubeck now knows that if he ever needs help ,Wentworth will be there .Lubeck still chokes up when he tells the story “I was alone, " he saThen I heard thmost beautiful sound in my life . It was Jeremie. ”1 . According to the

8、 text ,Lubeck.A. stayed calm in the fireB. couldn ' t find a safe way outC. lived on the first floorD. called for help in the fire2. How did Wentworth help Lubeck escape?A. He called 911B. He went upstairs and took Lubeck outC. He put out the fireD. He used a ladder and pulled lubeck down3. Whic

9、h of the following factors was not mentioned in the text that almost caused LubeckA. He was living in his wood home alone that night.B. The storm was too heavy and the fire was too fierce.C. He lived far from the main road and was surrounded by pinesD. He was too frightened to escape from the danger

10、.4. What does the text mainly talk about?A. A near neighbour is better than a distant cousin.B. A good way to get a narrow escapeC. God helps those who help themselvesD. Blood is thicker than water.5. Cameron was a.A. software programmerB. a chief scientistC. quality controllerD. head of department【

11、参考答案】1-5、BDDAD阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。【2020高考英语模拟题】ADear Johnston,Dec. 24,1848Your request for eighty dollars, I do not think it best to satisfy now. At the various times whenI have helped you a little, you have said to me,“We can get along very well again, short time I f

12、ind you in the same difficulty again. Now this can only happen by some fault in your behaviour. What that fault is, I think I know. You are not lazy, and still you are an idler. I doubtwhether since I saw you, you have done a good whole day' s work. In any other day,you do notvery much dislike t

13、o work, and still you do not work much, merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it.This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; it is vastly important to you, and still more so to your children, that you should break this habit. It is more important to the

14、m, because they have longer to live, and can keep out of an idle habit before they are in it, easier than they can get out after they are in.You are now in need of some ready money; and what I suggest is, that you shall go to work hard, for somebody who will give you money for it.Let father and your

15、 boys take charge of your things at homeprepare for a crop, and make the crop, and you go to work for the best money wages, or to pay back any debt you owe. And to secure you a fair reward for your labor, I now promise you that for every dollar you will, between this and the first of May, get for yo

16、ur own labor, I will then give you one other dollar. By this, if you hire yourself at ten dollars a month, from me you will get ten more, making twenty dollars a month for your work.Now if you will do this, you will soon be out of debt, and what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you fr

17、om getting in debt again. But if I should now clear you out, next year you will be just as deep in as ever. You say you would almost give your place in Heaven for $ 70 or $80. Then you value your place in Heaven cheaply, for I am sure you can with the offer I make you get the seventy or eighty dolla

18、rs for four or five months' work. You say if I furnish you the monwill deed（抵押）me the land, and if you don ' t pay the money back, you will deliver possession Nonsense! If you can ' t now live with the land, how will you then live without it? You have always been kind to me, and I do not

19、 now mean to be unkind to you. On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eight time eighty dollars to you.AffectionatelyYour brotherA. Lincoln51. Abraham Lincoln wrote the letter to Johnston mainly to.A. show his concern for himB. recommend him to save money

20、C. decline his request and motivate him D. introduce him a new job 52. What ' s the problem with Johnston, according to Lincoln?A. He was very lazy.B. He wasted time a lot.C. He couldn ' t get much from work. D. He disliked working.53. In the letter Lincoln suggested that Johnston should.A.

21、keep himself from getting into trouble B. go to work hard for himC. manage well the things at home D. keep the children out of the idle habit 54. If Johnston got one dollar for his work, Lincoln promised to.A. give him another dollarB. pay off his debtD. hire him at 10 dollars a monthD. reward him w

22、ith labour【参考答案】515、CBDA【2020高考英语湖北省荆州市一模试题】A阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Fannie Cratty wasn ' t really my aunt. I only referred to her as“ My Aunt Fannie ” becalways made my father laugh and gave my mother cause to look angrily at both of us-at me for being disrespectful

23、of my elder and at my father for encouraging my bad behavior.As a young woman, my mother had worked in the kitchen of a large Victorian farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty. During those years my mother helped Aunt Fannie make the best blueberry jam ever tasted by anyone in Glenfield. Aunt Fannie was we

24、ll known for her jam and for never sharing the recipe with another living soul. Even though my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive (and she lived to be ninety-six!), she never made the jam without Ms. Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.E

25、ach August, when blueberry season would roll around, my mother would prepare me for Aunt Fannie ' s visit. It was vital thatdusd be on my best behavior. After all, the woman was old,t need to be reminded tcwealthy, very strict with children . Whenever she was at the house, I didn guard my though

26、ts and watch my tongue.One year, after I had been particularly helpful with the jam process, Aunt Fannie gave me a quarter（25 分硬币）and then made me promise that I would never spend it." Hold onto thisquarter, “ she said, “and someday you will be rich. I still have my very first quarter, given to

27、 me by my grandfather. " It had obvyowolrked for her. So, I kept the 1938-quarter into a small box, put it in my dresser drawer, and waited to become rich.I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the quarter from Aunt Fannie. In people' sFannie ' s success was due to that secretire. But

28、to me, it was just a common recipe. Neither has significantly contributed to my wealth, but I keep them as reminders to hold onto the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave

29、 you wealthy. And that is a fortune that anyone can build.51. Paragraph 2 implies that my mother.A. used to forget the secret blueberry jam recipeB. wanted to show off her excellent cooking skillsC. was unable to make the jam without Aunt Fannie' s directionD. tried to convince Aunt Fannie that

30、she would keep the secret52. According to Paragraph 4, the author believed that Aunt Fanni was rich because.A. she had kept her first quarterB. she had never wasted moneyC. she had worked very hardD. she had kept her promise53. The author thinks that we can feel wealthy if we.A. share our wealth wit

31、h othersB. have good fortune and moneyC. know the secret of a jam recipeD. own lasting love and friendship54. Which would be the best title for this passage?A. An old quarterC. Blueberry Jam Recipe【参考答案】51-54 DADCB. Valuable ThingsD . Memories of old time【2020高考英语湖北省荆州市一模试题】BWhen Marilynne Robinson

32、published her first novel, Housekeeping, in 1980, she was unknown in the literary world. But an early review in The New York Times ensured that the book would be noticed. "It ' s as if, in writing it, she broke through the ordiiman condition with all its dissatisfactions, and achieved a kin

33、d of transfiguration （美化），" wrote Anatole Broyard, with an enthusiasm and amazement that was shared by many critics and readers. The book became a classic, and Robinson was recognized as one of the outstanding American writers of our time. Yet it would be more than twenty years before she wrote

34、 another novel.During the period, Robinson devoted herself to writing nonfiction. Her essays and book reviews appeared in Harper ' and The New York Times Book Review, and in 1989 she published Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State, and Nuclear Pollution, criticizing severely the environment

35、al and public health dangers caused by the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Englandand the political and moral corruption（腐败）.In 1998, Robinson published a collection of her critical and theological writings, The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought, which featured reassessments of such f

36、igures as Charles Darwin, John Calvin, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Aside from a single short story “ Connie Bronson, “ publishee iP aris Review in 1986- it wasn ' t until 2004 that she returned to fiction with the novel Gilead, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize

37、. Her third novel, Home, came out this fall.Her novels could be described as celebrations of the human- the characters in them are unforgettable creations. Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her sister Luc川e, who are cared for by their eccentric （古怪的） Aunt Sylvie after their mother commits suicid

38、e. Robinson writes a lot about how each of the three is changed by their new life together. Gilead is an even more close exploration of personality: the book centres on John Ames, a seventy-seven-year-old pasto 敞师） who is writing an account of his life and his family history to leave to his young so

39、n after he dies.Home borrows characters from Gileadbut centers on Ames ' s friend Reverend Robert Boughton and his troubled son Jack. Robinson returned to the same territory as Gilead because, she said,"after I write a novel or a story, I miss the characters I feel like losing some close fr

40、ienc55. Robinson ' s second novel came out.A. in 1980B. in 1986C. in 1998D. in 200456. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A. Robinson ' s achievements in fiction.B. Robinson ' s achievements in nonfiction.C. Robinson ' s influence on the literary world.D. Robinson ' s contributions

41、 to the environment.57. According to Paragraph 3, who is John Ames?A. He is Robinson ' s close friend.B. He is a character in Gilead.C. He is a figure in The Death of Adam.D. He is a historian writing family stories.58. From which section of a newspaper can you read this passage?A. Career.B. Lif

42、estyle.C. Music.D. Culture.【参考答案】55、D5658、BBD【2020高考英语模拟题】There is still no evidence mobile phones harm human health, says a major safety review for the UK's Health Protection Agency (HPA). Scientists looked at hundreds of studies of mobile exposure and found no conclusive links to cancer risk,

43、brain function or infertility. However, they said monitoring should continue because little was known about long-term effects. The HPA said children should still avoid excessive use of mobiles.It is the biggest ever review of the evidence surrounding the safety of mobile phones. There are now an est

44、imated 80 million mobiles in the UK, and because of TV and radio broadcasting, Wi-Fi, and other technological developments, the study said exposure to low-level radio frequency fields was almost universal and continuous. A group of experts working for the HPA looked at all significant research into

45、the effects of low-level radio frequency. 'Relatively reassuring'They concluded that people who were not exposed above UK guideline levels did not experience any detectable symptoms. That included people who reported being sensitive to radio frequency. They also said there was no evidence th

46、at exposure caused brain tumours, other types of cancer, or harm to fertility or cardiovascular health.But they said very little was known about risks beyond 15 years, because most people did not use mobile phones until the late 1990s. Prof Anthony Swerdlow, who chaired the review group, said it was

47、 important to continue monitoring research."Even though it's relatively reassuring, I also think it's important that we keep an eye on the rates of brain tumours and other cancers," he said. "One can't know what the long-term consequences are of something that has been aro

48、und for only a short period."There has been speculation about the health effects of using mobile phones for years. The HPA conducted a previous review in 2003, which also concluded that there was no evidence of harm. But there is now far more research into the subject.Advice on childrenThe expe

49、rts said more work was needed on the effect of radio frequency fields on brain activity, and on the possible association with behavioural problems in children. They also called for more investigation into the effects of new technology which emits radio frequency, such as smart meters in homes and airport security scanners.The HPA said it was not changing its advice about mobile phone use by children. "As this is a relatively new technology, the HPA will continue to advise a precautionary approach," said Dr John Cooper, director of the HPA