高一英语阅读理解专项训练及答案

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上阅读理解专项训练A.   If you travel by air across the center of Africa or south .    America , you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers .These great forests are the oceans of trees . There are full of thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and anima

2、ls .   However , the worlds forests are getting smaller all the time . We are cutting down the trees because we need wood , and we need more farm land . Some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 30 years . what will happen if they disappear ?   If we

3、cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world . In a lot of places the new farm land will soon look like the old deserts . Crops will not grow there . It will not rain very often , and the weather will get very hot . Perhaps the climate of the world will change . Th

4、is will be dangerous for everyone in the world . That is why we must take care of our forests ._1. The passage mainly tells us about _ .    A. the importance of taking care of our plants    B. the result of cutting down the trees    C. the locations of gr

5、eat forests    D. the reasons for forming the deserts_2. Which of the following is true according to the passage ?    A. Africa and South America are the oceans of trees .    B. Forests are homes for different kinds of animals .    C. Fores

6、ts are usually several square kilometers large    D. Different plants can't be found in the same forest ._3. The need for more wood and more land results in _ .    A. the change of the world climate    B. the disappearance of many plants and animals&#

7、160;   C. more deserts and less farm land .    D. all of the above_4. What will happen in 20 or 30 years in some people's view ?   A. We'll have more and greater forests .   B. We'll have enough land to support our people .    C

8、. We'll have no forests like those in the center of Africa .    D. We'll have enough wood to do some cooking ._5. The writer thinks _ .    A. it dangerous for everyone to cut down the forests    B. it necessary for everyone to protect the forests&

9、#160;   C. it important for everyone to take care of the worldD. it important for everyone to keep animalsB   A traveller hurried down to the hall of an American hotel and went to the cash-desk . He had just 15 minutes to pay his bill and get to the station . Suddenly he remember

10、ed that he had left something in his room .   "Look here , boy , " he said to the bellboy , "run up to my room and see if I have left a parcel on the table there . Be quick about it ."   The boy tan upstairs . Five minutes passed . The traveler was walking up

11、and down the hall , looking very angry . At last the boy appeared .   "Yes , sir , " he reported to te traveler , " you have left the parcel there , it's right the table in your room . "_6. The traveler _ .    A. ran down the street   &

12、#160;     B. came downstairs very much    C. ran so quickly that he fell down    D. came into the hotel hall very quickly_7. Which statement is true ?    A. He had to pay his bill and arrived at the station in 15 minutes .  &

13、#160; B. It took him 15 minutes to go to the station from the hotel.    C. He could pay his bill in 15 minutes and then go to the station .    D. He had nothing but 15 minutes ._8. According to the passage , a bellboy is _ .    A. a boy whose work is to r

14、ing the bell    B. a boy who plays with a bell    C. a boy whose work in a hotel id to help guests with their bags    D. the hotel owner's boy_9. The traveler asked the boy _ .    A. to go upstairs      

15、60;       B. to look for his parcel    C. to fetch the parcel he had left in his room    D. only to see if the parcel was on the table in his room_10 . Five minutes later , the boy _ .    A. ran up to the room  

16、0;       B. came downstairs    C. reported to the traveler in the roomD. came down to the hall but brought nothing backC   Ted worked in a factory in a big town . He liked fishing very much , and was very good at it . Whenever he was free , he w

17、ent to the small river behind the factory and tried to catch some fish , but there were very few there , because the river was polluted . Then one summer he went to the seaside during his holidays and stayed at a small cheap hotel .   "I've never fished in the sea before , "

18、he thought . " It will be rather different from fishing in out river ."   On the first day he caught a lot of fish and was very happy . He gave them to the owner of the hotel , and he cooked them for all the guests , and they enjoyed them very much . After that , he did this ever

19、y day . But when Ted got his bill (账单）at the end of the week , he saw on it :   "For oil to cook fish ( 7 days) : $ 3.5 ." _11. In the first paragraph , the word " Polluted " means _ .    A. clean         

20、 B. deep          C. dirty          D. wide_12. During the summer holidays one summer , Ted went to the seaside _ .    A. to stay a cheap hotel        

21、0;  B. to catch fish for the owner    C. to cook fish for the guests       D. to fish in the sea_13. Ted gave the fish to the hotel for _ .    A. nothing        B. money     &

22、#160;   C. the guest      D. the bill_14. When Ted got his bill , he felt _ .    A. expensive      B. surprise        C. cheap         D. pleased_15.

23、Which of the following is TRUE ?    A. Ted went fishing every day when he worked in a factory .    B. Ted didn't want to pay money for his staying at the hotel because the owner and the guests ate his fish .    C. There were fewer fish in the river th

24、an in the sea .D. Ted thought it right for him to pay for the cook fish .D   Tom had retired (退休）and lived by himself a long way from town . He seldom left his home . But one day he went into town to buy some things in the market, and after he had bought them , he went into a restaurant an

25、d sat down at a table by himself . When he looked around , he saw several old people put eyeglasses o before reading their newspapers , so after lunch he decided to go to a store to buy himself some glasses too . He walked a long the road , and soon found a store .   The man in the store m

26、ade him try on a lot of glasses , but Tom always said , "No , I can't read with these ."   The man because more and more puzzles , until finally he said , " Excuse me , but can you read at all ? "   "No , of course I can't !" Tom said angrily

27、 , "If I was already able to read , do you think I could have come here to buy glasses ?"_16. Tom lived _ .    A. alone        B. with his children     C. happily     D. with his wife_17. He _ to town

28、 .    A. often        B. sometimes         C. didn't often go   D. never went_18. The old people Tom found in the restaurant _  before reading their newspapers .    A. were dri

29、nking something in the glasses B. put their glasses on    C. took their glasses off               D. looked around_19. The store Tom went into sold _ .    A. window glasses    

30、0;         B. glasses for drinking    C. glasses for people who couldn't read D. glasses for people who could see well_20. Tom made a mistake that he _ .    A. didn't try on all the glasses in the store    B

31、. thought that all old people could understand words in newspapers with glasses on    C. couldn't read    D. didn't try a special kind of glassesE.   These days' experience , like many other things , are becoming increasingly expensive . One has to

32、 get to pay a lot to get , even an ordinary one   Not long ago , I wanted to invite m friends to a lunch . What we really need was a good and a quiet place for a talk , not a big meal . So I chose one and told my friends to go there .   After I ordered , I was asked whether I wou

33、ld eat a 100 yuan or 200 yuan lunch , I said , "200 yuan ." I didn't realize until I was asked to pay after lunch, that "200 yuan" means "200 yuan for person each ."   There were five people that day , and all of us were surprises by the 200 yuan meal .The

34、 bill came at last : it was 1260 1000 for the five of us , plus the money for drinks , frits and air conditioning(空调） . I paid the bill without a word .   What could I say ? It was not their fault(过失）. It was my own fault that made me pay the largest bill in my life .   However ,

35、 it was not so dad : we had a good lunch and at a quiet place . Besides , the experience will help in my later years .   To support my idea, I have developed my own way of thinking about the price : 200 yuan for the lunch and 1060 for the experience . This paid experience has made me ten t

36、imes wiser ._21. According to the passage , now one has to pay _ .   A. more for a lunch in a restaurant B. more to get an ordinary lunch   C. more for some experience     C. increasingly high price_22. I ordered a lunch _ .    A. so as to have

37、a big lunch  B. so that we could have a good meal    C. in order to introduce my friends to the restaurant    D. to have a talk in a good place_23. I thought I ordered a meal that would cost _ .    A. me 100 yuan   B. me 200 yuan  C. u

38、s 200 yuan each  D. me 1260 yuan_24. The last sentence of the passage expressed _ .    A. my thanks to the restaurant   B. my happiness to be times wiser    C. my anger at the experience   D. my pleasure to have a good lunch_25. I paid the large

39、st bill in my life because _ .    A. the restaurant cheated the customers    B. there was a misunderstanding between the restaurant and the customer    C. I was unknown to the restaurantD. I knew little about the market pricesF   One day a few y

40、ears ago , a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine . He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools . He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture .   He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in

41、his shoulder bag , and he had put Rupert , the skeleton (人体骨架）to be used in his lecture , in a large brown suitcase At the airport desk , he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper . He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop .   When he got back he disc

42、overed that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake . He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert ._26. Who wrote the story ?    A. Rupert's teacher .              B. The neighbour's tea

43、cher .    C. A medical school teacher .       D. The teacher's neighbour ._27. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase ?   A. He needed it for the summer term in London .   B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to

44、 give .   C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research .   D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching ._28. What happened at the airport ?   A. The skeleton went missing .       B. The skeleton was stolen . 

45、  C. The teacher forgot his suitcase .    D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase ._29. Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident ?    A. He was angry .             

46、;   B. He thinks it very funny .    C. He feels helpless without Rupert .  D. He feels good without Rupert ._30. Which of the following might have happened afterwards ?    A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert .    B. The teac

47、her got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert .    C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase .D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert .G   I was having dinner at a restaurant when Harry Steele came in . Harry worked in a lawyer's office years ago ,

48、but he is now working at a bank . He gets a good salary , but he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it back . Harry saw me and came and sat at the same table . He has never borrowed money from me . While he was eating , I asked him to land me $ 2 . To my surprise , he gave me the m

49、oney immediately . " I have never borrowed any money from you ."Harry said . "So please pay for the dinner ."_31. Harry sat at the same table as the writer and _ .    A. borrowed some money from him  B. lent some money to him    C. paid back som

50、e money to him     D. begged for some money_32. Harry wanted the writer to pay for the dinner because _ .    A. he gave him $ 2    B. the writer hasn't ever lent him any money before    C. the writer has never borrowed any money fr

51、om Harry before    D. he hasn't any money_33. Harry is working at a bank _  .    A. at the moment     B. a year ago   C. since last year   D. for a year_34. Harry sat at the same table . He didn't sit at _ one . 

52、   A. other            B. a different     C. extra          D. another_35. He gave him the money immediately . He gave him the money _ .A. soon    

53、60;      B. in a hurry       C. once more       D. at onceH   It is surprising that eating three meals a day - breakfast ,lunch and dinner - has been a custom only since 1890 . Before this time , they only

54、 had two meals a day - breakfast and dinner  .   In the 16th century , breakfast was only to break one's fast (随便吃一点）. But 200 years later it had became a large meal , not just for family , but for numbers guests as well . It was a social (社会的）event . It began at 10 a. m. and last

55、ed until 1 p.m. Then breakfast began to be less popular . It became , instead , a lighter meal and was taken at a much earlier hour . by 1850 it had been pushed back to 8 a. m. and became a family meal .   Dinner , however , went to the other way . In the 16th century it was eaten at 11 a.

56、 m. Years later , it had moved to the early afternoon , then to 5 p . m. By 1850 dinner time had reached 7 p. m. Lunch is a recent idea . It first appeared as a snack(小吃）to fill the gap(间隙）between breakfast and dinner ._36. English people did not have lunch _ .    A. until 1890 &

57、#160;   B. after 1890    C. since 1890   D. by 1890_37. "Dinner , however , went to the other way " means _ .    A. Dinner didn't go there with breakfast    B. Dinner took the same way with breakfast    C.

58、Dinner is different from breakfast .    D. Dinner is the same with breakfast_38. Lunch has been served since the _ century .    A. 17th          B. 18th           C. 16th 

59、;          D. 20th_39. The selection is mostly concerned with (涉及）_ .    A. what people eat for breakfast     B. what people eat for dinner    C. the history of supper      &#

60、160;     D. the history of breakfast_40. The selection leads the reader to believe that _ .    A. our custom of meals is based in English custom    B. before 1890 people couldn't eat the three meals a day    C. breakfast is the mos

61、t important meal for usD. the body can adjust to (适应）two or three meals a dayI    Two friends were eating at a small restaurant . On the table there was a cup of hot mustard(芥末）. One of them thought it was sweet and took a spoonful of it into his mouth . Tears ran down from his eyes .

62、 Nevertheless , wishing to have his friend caught in the same position , he said nothing . The other man , seeing that his friend was crying asked ,"What for , my dear friend ?"    "I was thinking of my father , who was hanged 20 years ago . " He replied . 

63、60;  Soon after , the other man took a spoonful of the mustard and as tears started down from his eyes , his friend , in his return , asked , " Why are you crying , then ?"    "To think that you were not hanged the same time your father was !"_41. The reason w

64、hy the first man didn't tell the second man what had happened is that _ .       A. tears ran down from his eyes       B. he wanted to play a trick on his friend    C. there was some mustard in his mouth D. he was tasting the m

65、ustard_42. From the passage we know that _ .    A. the first man was really thinking of his father    B. the first man's father was really hanged twenty years ago    C. the first man had deep sorrow(悲伤）for his father's death    D. t

66、he first man was good at playing tricks_43. "To think that you were not hanged the same time your father was !" suggests that the second man _ .    A. got to know that the first man had played a trick on him    B. thought that the first man should have been ha

67、nged together with his father    D. was sorry for the death of his friend's father_44. What does the writer of the story want to tell us ?    A. He wants to tell us not to play tricks on others.    B. It doesn't matter to play tricks.  &

68、#160; C. He wants to tell us a funny story .D. He wants to tell us that playing tricks can make life more interesting .J   Greenwich （格林威治）is on the River , five miles from the middle of London , and its history is two thousand years old . The first English people were fishermen there , an

69、d they named the place Greenwich , meaning "green village". Later the English kings and queens lived at Greenwich in their beautiful places .   The name of the earliest palace was Placentia . Its windows were made of glass -the first in England .Henry VIII lived there . He knew t

70、hat England must be strong at sea . So he started two big ship-yards (船坞）at Greenwich ,and for 350 years the ships which were made there were the best in the world .   But trouble was coming to Greenwich . In 1649 , a war started in England and for eleven years there was no king . The men

71、who had worked for him at Placentia decided to live the place themselves . They sold all its beautiful things , and bought small pieces of the palace garden with money . Finally , the war ended and King Charles II came back . But Placentia was falling down . So King Charles built a new and bigger palace , which is now open to the public .   At this time , Charles was worried about losing so many of its ships at sea : their sailors did not know how to tell exactly where they were . So in 1675 , Charles made John Flamsteed , the first a