高二英语期末阅读理解练习含答案

1、高二英语期末阅读理解练习参考题（阅读理解易题）（A 1）Are you interested in Helmut Newton and John Pilger? Do you want to learn more about their paintings? Come to Barbican Gallery!1. You may go to Barbican Gallery to see the paintings at _ on Tuesday. A. 7 am B. 9am C. 7 pm D. 9 pm 2. Mr. Smith wants to see the paintings wi

2、th his 10-year-old son. How much will he pay?A. 3.5 B. 5.6 C. 7 D. 12 3. Mrs. Smith is interested in Helmut Newtons paintings. He may go to the Gallery on _.A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Sunday D. Friday 4. How can you pay if you want to book tickets for 30 students? A. By sending an E-mail. B. By maki

3、ng a phone call. C. By writing a letter. D. By going to Barbican Gallery. ( A 2 ) MOVIE GUIDE THURSDAYRush Hour 15:00 23:00My life as Mcdull 9:00 13:00Action MovieDo you like Jackie Chan? Rush Hour is another movie of his. Its so exciting. Come and have fun! CartoonMcdull is a little pig. Hes kind o

4、f silly but hes very cute. Do you want to enjoy the happiness with him? Be sure to see it!Mr. Bean 11:00 19:00Harry Potter 17:00 21:00ComedyRowan is a great actor. His movie Mr. Bean is coming. Its very funny. Dont miss it!Science Fiction Now Harry Potter has been in the wizardry school (魔法学校) for t

5、hree years. He begins a new life. How is everything going?1. From the posts above we know that Mcdull is a _. A. comedian B. pig C. superman D. wizard 2. Mr. Bean is a very interesting character in a (an) _. A. comedy B. cartoon C. action movie D. science fiction3. You can see Harry Potter at _. A.

6、9:00 B. 11:00 C. 17:00 D. 23:004. Your favorite film star is Jackie Chan, so you prefer to see the movie _. A. Rush Hour B. My life as Mcdull C. Mr. BeanD. Harry Potter （阅读理解较易题） ( B 1 ) Jesse Owens was born in Alabama in the USA, in 1913. There were ten children in his family. Jesse was the younges

7、t. He went to school in the city of Cleveland. At school he showed he had a special talent for athletics (田径). He could run fast. He could jump high. He could jump far. Because he was good at athletics, Jesse became a student at Ohio State University. In May, 1935 in Michigan, USA, he broke the worl

8、d record for the long jump. This was his first world record. On the 25th May Jesse did something unusual. In 45 minutes he broke six world records. Some people think that this was the greatest athletics achievement ever. In 1936 Jesse went to the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. There were only nin

9、eteen black athletes in the USA team. He won gold medals in the 100 meters race, the 200 meters race, the long jump and the relay race. Jesse was not a professional athlete. This meant that he could not get money for running. Later, he became a professional athlete. To make money he had to appear in

10、 strange races. Sometimes he had to race against horses. In 1960 somebody broke Jesses last world record. In 1980 Jesse died.1. Jesse Owens was born in _in the USA. A. Alabama B. Cleveland C. Ohio D Michigan2. Jesse showed he was very good at _ when he was at school.A. basketball B. swimming C. athl

11、etics D. shooting 3. Jesses first world record was for the _.A. running B. relay race C. high jump D. long jump 4. He won _ gold medals in 1936 in the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.A. two B. four C. six D. eight 5. This text mainly tells us a story about _. A. Jesses life B. Jesses family C. the

12、records Jesse broke D. the gold medals Jesse won( B 2 ) Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling. But now，Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip, a

13、 chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak. In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins problem

14、 and he might never get over the illness. However, Mr. Cousins refused to give up hope. He thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He didnt want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness. He began to

15、 experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. After that Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could co

16、ntinue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for e

17、xercise. After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to health.1. What is the main idea of the text? A. Mr. Cousins was a funny man. B. Laughter can cure illness. C. Medicine can not cure strange illness. D. We can keep fit by laughing. 2. The reason why Mr. Cousins

18、 got a strange and serious illness is that _. A. he enjoyed his work too much B. he liked traveling too much C. he got too tired on his work D. he spared no effort for business 3. What did he think was the cause of his illness?A. He often traveled around the world on business. B. His bones became so

19、 weak that he could not stand. C. He had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip. D. Unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. 4. It can be inferred that Mr. Cousins experiment _. A. is of great value B. is unbelievable C. is a waste of time D. is just a joke （

20、阅读理解中档题） ( C 1 ) Hearing live music is one of the most pleasurable experiences available to human beings. The music sounds great, it feels great, and you get to watch the musicians as they create it. No matter what kind of music you love, try listening to it live.This guide focuses on classical musi

21、c, a tradition that originated before recordings, radio, and the Internet, back when all music was live music. In those days live human beings performed for other live human beings, with everybody together in the same room. When heard in this way, classical music can have a special excitement. Heari

22、ng classical music in a concert can leave you feeling refreshed and energized. It can be fun. It can be romantic. It can be spiritual. Classical music concerts can seem like snobby (高傲的) affairs full of foreign terms and unusual behavior. It can be hard to understand whats going on. It can be hard t

23、o know how to act. But dont worry. Concerts are no stranger than any other amusement, and the rules of behavior are much simpler and easier to understand than the stock market, football, or system software upgrades. If you havent been to a live concert before, or if youve been confused by concerts,

24、this guide will explain, so you can relax and enjoy the music. 1. From Paragraph 1, we can see that the author encourages us _. A. to watch the musicians to compose music B. to experience the spirit of classical music C. to attend live concerts and enjoy live music D. to obtain pleasure from differe

25、nt kinds of music 2. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “originated” in Paragraph 2? A. listened B. started C. performed D. disappeared3. The author considers that live classical music _. A. is full of foreign terms C. is too difficult to understandB. is stranger than other amuse

26、ments D. is exciting to both players and listeners 4. The passage is _ which focuses on live classical music. A. a reviewB. a conclusion C. a summary D. an introduction( C 2 ) Reading poetry is not like reading any other kind of language, except maybe the language of advertising. It may seem strange

27、, but advertising and poetry have a lot in common. Like advertisements, poems: l have vivid imagery and impressive sound; l are richly symbolic; l operate on an emotional level, use a language of feeling; l are by nature brief, clear, economical with words; l are narrative sometimes, non-narrative o

28、ther times. But unlike advertisements, poems tend to express complex, deep or various feelings rather than simple, sentimental, surface, or unchanged emotion. If theres drama in a poem, its more likely to be subtle, or tragic, or truly comic instead of overstated or silly. But the most important dif

29、ference to observe is that poems do not mislead readers the way ads do; they are not conveying messages seeking to control or mislead your thinking and behavior. Similarities and differences aside, its possible that being good at interpreting (释义) the subtle, unspoken messages in ads makes a person

30、more skillful at interpreting poetry. Its the same process of observation and inference. You observe the imagery in a typical beer advertisement, for example, and are led to infer that the right bottle of beer is the key to friendship, popularity, happiness, liberty, and success. (Never mind that th

31、is might not be the whole truth.) This is the same process you would use to interpret, critically or uncritically, the images in poems. As wonderful and easy as some poems are right away, its true that sometimes reading poetry can seem a little bit like work. A poem that requires a bit of work isnt

32、necessarily a bad poem, although some of you might think so. But that tough work to open poem actually is well worth the effort. 1. According to the passage, both poems and advertisements always use _. A. brief wordsB. colorful pictures C. impressive musicD. narrative stories 2. Unlike advertisement

33、s, poems are likely to express _. A. simple emotionB. complex and deep feelings C. feelings on the surface D. emotion without any change 3. What does the underlined word “subtle” mean in paragraph 4? A. clear B. difficultC. simple D. wordy 4. The most important difference between poems and advertise

34、ments is that _. A. poems make readers more skillful at interpreting B. advertisements are usually much easier to understand C. poems do not mislead readers the way advertisements do D. advertisements have less intention of controlling our thinking 5. The main idea of the last paragraph is _. A. poe

35、m reading is wonderful B. reading poems is an easy task C. a bad poem needs more time to read D. poem reading is well worth the effort （阅读理解较难题）( D 1 ) While homework in kindergarten requires coloring and learning the ABCs, the high school homework load has become increasingly difficult and time-con

36、suming. “I think homework takes a long time to do,” Ross Perry, Grade 10, said. “It helps you learn sometimes, but not really that much. I stay up until midnight doing homework and sometimes there is no point in even starting to do it.” Hallie Rojeski, a junior high teacher, tries not to give her cl

37、asses homework, hoping not to discourage students. “I try to give minimal homework because students should be playing and taking exercise more than working inside all day. Students usually dont have good study habits when they come into the 7th and 8th grade. I offer a necessary after-school assignm

38、ent so they will learn them.” Teenagers are encouraged to get 8-9 hours of sleep and participate in sports or physical activity outside school. With 2-3 hours of homework it can be difficult to do everything. Homework takes different amounts of time based on what courses students take. “I give my Sp

39、anish students little bits of homework,” Melody Downie, a Spanish teacher, said. “That is about what we learned in class, because for a foreign language you need to do work that reinforces (巩固) what we learn. I hardly give my history class homework.” “When students do their homework they should be i

40、n a quiet area,” Hallie Rojeski said. “They also need to do work for 30 minutes and then take a 10-minute break because it is hard for students to keep focused for a long time.” The University of Michigan found in a recent study that the amount of homework had increased by 51% since 1981. Harris Coo

41、per at Duke University says that students who do small amounts of homework do better on their tests, but when they exceed 60-90 minutes of homework，the test scores fall. “Homework is given to motivate students to learn,” Principal Gary Schultz said. “Repeating what they learn in school helps them to

42、 remember and learn things for tests. Some kids do not need homework to learn but most do. I believe practice makes perfect.” 1. According to Ross Perry, doing homework_. A. is really a waste of timeB. is always a good way of learningC. is usually a great help to students D. is sometimes unnecessary

43、 for students 2. The reason why Hallie Rojeski gives her students minimal homework is that she thinks _. A. students should learn good studying and living habits B. too much homework will make students test scores fall C. little bits of homework will reinforce what students learn in classD. it is to

44、o hard for students to focus on school assignment for a long time 3. The underlined word “exceed” can be replaced by _? A. do B. finish C. are beyond D. are against 4. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Proper amounts of homework are necessary. B. Students do not like doing too much homework.

45、C. Students do not need to do after-school homework. D. More homework should be given to motivate students. ( D 2 ) Chaplin was one of the famous clown-style actors of the silent time. It was through Charlie Chaplin that the Hollywood comedy movies became famous. Then in the 1920s came another trend

46、 of animated cartoons. They were the most popular Hollywood comedy movies of the time. The several popular characters of that era were Felix the cat, Krazy Kat and Betty Boop. However, the popularity of these movies was blocked out due to lack of sound and color. The end of 1920s, the Hollywood come

47、dy industry marked a change brought about by the introduction of sound into the movies. This has allowed the industry to create dramatic new film styles and use verbal humor. These films were soon replacing silent movies. These films used dialogue of comedians such as the W.C Fields and the Marx Bro

48、thers. Charlie Chaplin was the last comedian to have acted in the silent films. When the United States entered into World War II, Hollywood movies changed its course to themes related to the conflicts, and Hollywood comedy movies described more on military themes. The war time experienced a boom, wh

49、ere restrictions on the traveling made nearly a quarter of the money spent on attending movies. In the 1950s, the interest shifted where the TV became popular. During this time the release of Hollywood comedy films declined (衰落). The 1960s saw an increasing number of broad, star-packed comedies. In

50、1970 Hollywood comedy movies reflected the anti-war sentiment, which was popular then. In the 1980s the gag (笑料) based comedy Airplane was released, and Hollywood comedy movies paved its way for more of the same. The popular comedians of this time included Dudley Moore, Tom Hanks, etc. Jim Carrey, t

51、he Canadian actor and a comedian, came into Hollywood comedy movies in the late 1980s where he won the role in such a comedy, Copper Mountain. The most popular Hollywood comedy movies were of John Hughes, which includes Ferris Buellers Day Off and Home Alone series of 1990s. The later films focused

52、more on family audience. This was a revival (复兴) in comedy movies. Comedy movies remain popular till date. 1. Why did Hollywood movies grow rapidly during World War II? A. People couldnt travel freely. B. People had more money at that time. C. The government spent a lot of money on films. D. People

53、were made to see movies by the government. 2. The theme of the 1970s Hollywood comedies is _. A. domestic violence B. protests against wars C. desire for freedom D. oversea military activities 3. What does this passage mainly talk about? A. Chaplins contribution to comedies. B. Famous comedians in H

54、ollywood history. C. Outstanding comedies made in Hollywood. D. Development of Hollywood comedy movies. 4. Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to the Hollywood comedy movies?a. Hollywood comedy movies focused on family audience. b. Fewer and fewer Hollywood comedy films w

55、ere released. c. Animated cartoons of Hollywood comedy movies were popular. d. Hollywood comedy movies once developed quickly during the war time. e. The Hollywood comedy industry made a reform of applying sound to the movies. A. ecbda B. cedba C. dabec D. decab （阅读理解信息处理题）( E1 )阅读下面的短文，根据短文结构，将短文后句

56、子的代码填写在适当的序号后。He lived his whole life as a poor man. His art and talent were recognized by almost no one. He suffered from a mental illness that led him to cut off part of his left ear in 1888 and to shoot himself two years later. _1_ Today, Dutch artist Van Gogh is recognized as one of the leading artists of all time. Now, 150 years after his birth on March 30, 1853, Zundert, the town of h