高三英语阅读理解专项训练含解析

1、高三英语阅读理解专项训练（含解析）（1）Sitting and eating quietly on his fathers lap, the 18-month-old was oblivious to the infection in his veins(血管).But his father a strong farmer, knew only too well. It was the same one that killed his wife four month ago, leaving him alone with four children. The man started to cr

2、y.“When my wife died, I thought ,well, it is from God, but at least I have him.” he said. “Then I learned he is sick, too. I asked if there was medicine and the doctors said no.HIV and AIDS have quietly arrived in this land. They remain almost completely underground, hidden in ignorance（无知）and shame

3、.The father of the infected 18-month-old said his village teacher had never talked about AIDS. Nearly a year of tests on the father have found no HIV, and the old children are clear, but his smallest child tested positive（阳性）at ten months.Six years earlier, his wife lost a baby and have several tran

4、sfusions in Pakistan. After she became sick and was found to be infected, “I told the family her blood was not good and to avoid eating with her.” he said. “And I told them not to kiss his son, he burst into tears.“I dont know what to do,” he said; “I have sacrificed so much since my marriage. I mor

5、tgaged (抵押)half my land to pay for her medical care.”The father can do little for his son but keep his secret. There are no AIDS treatment centers in Afghanistan, only a single secret clinic in the capital that just monitors the disease, and no drugs are available.1.The underlined part “was obliviou

6、s to” in Paragraph 1 can best be replaced by_.A.was shocked byB.was afraid ofC.was curious aboutD.was unaware of2.What happened to the man?A.He was diagnosed with AIDS just nowB.He has no money to support the familyC.His wife died of AIDS four weeks agoD.His youngest son was infected with AIDS3.It c

7、an be inferred from Paragraph 5 that_A.the wife had several blood transfusionsB.the family knew how to avoid AIDSC.the farmer had little knowledge about AIDSD.the family loved the youngest son most4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A.There are several AIDS treatment centers in

8、 AfghanistanB.The farmer will keep his sons disease unknown to othersC.The farmer sold his house to pay for his wifes medial careD.Afghanistans medical conditions have been greatly improved. 文章大意：在阿富汗，因为无知以及其他方面的忌讳，艾滋病患者要么不知这种疾病的危害，要么而不敢公开自己患病的实情。1 D 猜测词义题。 由后面的“But his father-knew only too well。It

9、was the same one that killed his wife-”可知选D。阿富汗一个18个月大的孩子坐在他父亲的膝盖上安静的吃东西，很显然，他并不知道他患上了一种可怕而致命的传染病。 但他的父亲，一个身材魁梧的阿富汗农民，却对此一清二楚。2 D 细节推断题。 从第一段和第二段的信息可知，这个男人的妻子四个月前死于艾滋病，如今小儿子也身患此病，且没有药物治疗，所以他伤心地哭了。3 C 推理判断题。 从第五段这个男人所说的话“I told the family-tell them not to kiss the child”可知他不知道艾滋病的传播途径，从而反应了他对艾滋病不甚了解。

10、4 B 细节判断题。 有文章最后一段第一句“The father can do little for his son but keep his secret。”对于他的小儿子，他除了保守他感染艾滋病的秘密外，几乎束手无策。可知B项与事实相符。(2) Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a

11、thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit .he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people's. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things: they should learn to do without being taught, s

12、uch as to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicyclecompare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought t

13、hat he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to .Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not. If it is a

14、matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine（常规）work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he cant find the way to get the right answer .Let the childre

15、n learn what all educated persons must some day learn ,how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know. 1 .According to the passage ,the best way for children to learn things is by_A .listening to skilled people's advice B .asking older people many questions.C .

16、making mistakes and having them corrected D .doing what other people do 2 .which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?A. Give children correct answers. B .Allow children to make mistakes.C .Point out children's mistakes to them. D. Let children mark their own work. 3. Ac

17、cording to the writer, teachers in school should_A. allow children to learn from each other B. point out children's mistakes whenever found C .correct children's mistakes as soon as possibleD. give children more book knowledge 4.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to rid

18、e a bicycle are _A. different from learning other skillsB. the same as learning other skills C. more important than other skillsD. not really important skills本文论述了什么才是最好的学习方法。老师应该做什么，不应该做什么。1 D 主旨归纳题。 根据段意推理可知。2 C 细节理解题。 从第一段推理可知。3 A 细节理解题。 根据地一段第四句推知。4 B 主旨归纳题。 根据第一段第五段可知。（3）The first and best of v

19、ictories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses(冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral(道德) freedom.A single angry word ha

20、s lost many friends. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring

21、 fits of disease. “Whoever the gods would destroy they first make them mad.” “Keep cool,” says Webster, “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness(狂怒) makes error a fault.”To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says

22、 Pythagoras, “brings with folly and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him. Self-control is mans last and greatest victory. If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he

23、can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also. (from )1. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. The importance of self- co

24、ntrol. B. How to conquer oneself?C. The relation between a mans moral freedom and his feelings.D. A man should keep cool.2. Whats the meaning of “whoever the gods would destroy they first make them mad”?A. If you are mad, the gods will kill you.B. If you lose your temper first, gods will kill you fi

25、rst.C. If you cant control yourself, you will be crazy.D. If the gods want to kill you, they will make you mad first.3. Which of the following is NOT true, according to passage?A. The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself.B. You will make a small mistake serious if you dont kee

26、p cool.C. You must measure a mans strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him.D. Anger brings with folly and ends with regret. 4. Which of the following cant help you avoid anger, according to the passage?A. Be calm in arguing. B. Check your temper or anger by speaking low.C. Keep your m

27、outh shut. D. Try to make the other angry first.1. A 主旨大意题。根据文章第 1 段的第 2 句 Self-control is at the root of all the advantages 及全文的内容可知，本文的大意是“自控的重要性”。故答案选 A。2. D 语义理解题。根据上文 you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease 可知答案选 D。3. C

28、推理判断题。根据文章倒数第 3 段的最后一句 You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him 可知，选项 C 与之矛盾。故答案选 C。4. D 推理判断题。根据文章第 2 段的第 2 句和第 3 句以及最后一句可以排除选项 A、B、C，从而得出答案为 D。（4）Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who come

29、s in contact with them. Their valuesthis cant be repeated too oftenare not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small worms, a

30、nd an old person lying alone in bed, taking no notice of the worms. But is it interfering(干涉) with personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of

31、carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old.Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car, it needs more mechanical maintenance(机械维修，保养) as it gets older. You can carry this comparison right t

32、hrough to the provision of spare parts. But never forget that such operations are painful experiences, however good the results will be. And at what point should you stop to treat the old body? Is it morally right to try to push off death by seeking the development of drugs to excite the forgetful o

33、ld mind and to activate the old body, knowing that it is designed to die? You cant ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as they can see the technical opportunities, they will feel bound to give them a try, on the principle that while theres life, theres hope.When you talk to the old

34、people, however, you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun.1. What does the passage mainly tell us?A. The values are different between the old and the young.B. The moral problems raised by old

35、people.C. The personal freedom for the old.D. Old peoples viewpoint on life.2. We can know from the first paragraph that_.A. Very old people would like to live alone to have more personal freedom.B. Very old people are able to keep their room clean.C. Very old people like to live with their children

36、.D. Social services have nothing to do with very old people.3. According to the author, which of the following is right?A. The older a person, the more care he needs.B. Too much emphasis has been put on old peoples values.C. The human body cant be compared to a car.D. It is easy to provide spare par

37、ts for old people.4.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to “_”. A. their money or their healthB. the conclusion you come toC. your talk to the old peopleD. whether age is happy or unpleasant1.B 主旨大意题。根据文章第 1 句 Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes in

38、 contact with them 及全文内容可知，答案选 B。2 A 推理判断题。根据文章第 1 段最后几句 Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old 可知，答案选 A。3 A 推理判断题。根据文章第 2 段第 2 句

39、The body is like a car, it needs more mechanical maintenance as it gets older 可知，答案选 A。4 D 词义猜测题。根据文章最后一句 you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun 可知，答案选 D。（5）The blue tits(山雀) have been inspe

40、cting the nest-box again this year. The male is the house-hunter but the female will make the final choice. He lands at the hole and turns his head to expose his white cheeks as a signal to attract the female from where she has been feeding. Among many birds that nest in holes, the male has a light-

41、coloured patch on its plumage(鸟羽) which acts as signal for drawing the females attention to a suitable nesting-place. Unlike the blue tit, the redstart(红尾鸲) may be only the male that strikingly coloured and the female is not beautiful. A few years ago I was lucky enough to spot a pair of redstarts i

42、n action in a Walsh wood. The male was leading an interested female to holes that he had previously(先前) checked out. He sat at the entrance of each hole and put his head on to show off his white forehead, or his head in to reveal(显露) his tail. If the female failed to react to his visual signals, the

43、 male sometimes sang for extra effect, while gliding towards her on spread wings and tail. Once the female accepts by following the male through the hole the displays stop, you must be at the right place at the right time to watch them. 1. How do the blue tits choose their nest?A. They choose their

44、nest together. B. The male chooses their nest. C. The house-hunter chooses their nest. D. The female chooses their nest. 2. The writer was lucky to see _. A. how the male made his tricksB. how an interested female played with the male happilyC. what the male displayed and won the femaleD. that the m

45、ale tried his best but failed to attract the female3. You can spot a pair of redstarts in a Walsh wood _. A. at any timeB. regularly C. in April D. occasionally4. The writer is probably _. A. a bird expert B. a bird-hunterC. a bird raiser D. a scientist本文主要是讲the male redstart 是怎样使出浑身解数吸引the female入巢

46、的。1. D。细节题。从第1段第2句话The male is the house-hunter but the female will make the final choice 可以做出正确选择。2. C。判断题。从第3段第1句I was lucky enough to spot a pair of redstarts in action in a Walsh wood 和文章第三、四段的内容可知答案为C。3. D。语义理解题。根据 A few years ago I was lucky enough to和you must be at the right place at the righ

47、t time to see them 可知答案为D。4. A。推断题。从文章内容来看，文中不仅提到了鸟的一些习性，而且对雄鸟如何吸引雌鸟入巢了解得很清楚，可见作者可能是一位研究鸟类的专家。（6）The common cold is the worlds most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives.The most widespread fallacy(谬误) of all is that colds caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by virus

48、es(病毒) passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated arctic regions explorers have r

49、eported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes. During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.In t

50、he Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp(奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being col

51、d and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers cam

52、e down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter？Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that peopl

53、e tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on. No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片) such as aspirin, but all they do is relieve the symptoms(症状). 1. The writer offered

54、 _ examples to support his argument.A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 32. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage?A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time. B. Colds are not caused by cold. C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.D. A person may catch a co

55、ld by touching someone who already has one.3. Arctic explorers may catch colds when _.A. they are working in the isolated arctic region B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weatherC. they are free from work in the isolated arctic regionsD. they are coming into touch again with the outside wo

56、rld4. Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit _.A. suffered a lot B. never caught coldsC. often caught colds D. became very strong5. The passage mainly discusses _.A. the experiments on the common cold B. the fallacy about the common coldC. the reason and the way p

57、eople catch colds D. the continued spread of common colds本文通过大量事例证明感冒不是由寒冷引起的， 而是由病毒感染引起的。1. B。细节题。根据由第 2 段的两个例子、第 3 段的 1 个例子和第 4 段的两个例子可知 B 为正确选项。2. C。细节题。 根据 One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes

58、it easier for cold viruses to be passed on 可知人们得感冒不是因为喜欢呆在家里，而是因为经常呆在一起病毒更容易感染，故选 C。3. D。细节题。根据 And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes 可知北极地区探险者是因为与外界接触后才得感冒的，故选 D。4. A。细节题。根据 After taking hot