高二下学期英语阅读理解题训练82(含答案)

1、高二下学期英语阅读理解训练 82AMy father suffered a disease once, but he was an optimist（天派）.He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he became a volunteer at a childrens hospital. Sometimes one or two kids would die. At this time he would tell the heart -broken parents of the children that he would be

2、with their children in heaven and that he would look after them there.There was a girl with a disease that paralyzed摊痪）her from the neck down. She couldnt do anything. My dad decided to help her with his true love. He started visiting her, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He began to put the pain

3、tbrush in his mouth to paint. He didnt use his hands. He would visit her whenever he could and paint for her. You can do anything once you make up your mind to do it, ” he said. Finally, she began to paint using her mouth, too.Later, my dad recovered and returned to work. He worked at the volunteer

4、counter in the hospital. One day, he noticed the front door open. In came the little girl who had been paralyzed. She was walking! She hugged my dad tightly and gave him a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read: Thank you for helping me walk again!”After that my father often sai

5、d love was more powerful than doctors.Which words best describe the writers father?A Patient and funny.B Strong and serious.C Busy and hard-working.D Kind and optimistic.Why didnt the writers father use his hands when painting for the girl?A He was not good at drawing.B He liked the taste of paint.C

6、 He wanted to give the girl hope.D He was an experienced artist.What can we infer from the writers fathers words in Paragraph 1?A He cared little about the children who died.B He didnt think he would survive hisdisease.C He must know those hear-tbroken parents.D He used to work as a doctor inthathos

7、pital.B“Computer game players should not be called addicts， although many players say they are hooked on a hobby that is affecting their social lives， ” scientists said Tuesday.“Some evidence show that games stimulate 剌激）the same areas in the brain as alcohol and other drugs, psychologists, sociolog

8、ists and others were told at the worlds first interdisciplinary各 学科间的）games conference here.“But unlike the addictive substances there is no medicine to deal with gaming behavior”they heard.“Is Everquest addictive? Well, its no more addictive than school or work. The time invested in those also make

9、 them addictive, said Florence Chee, a research student at Simon Fraser University in Canada.Scientific interest in the multibillion dollar computer games industry has grown in recent years. Various governments have put pressure on the industry to add a health warning to games packages.“But many pla

10、yers actually described themselves as addicts said Stephen Kline, a professor and media analyst at Simon Fraser University.“Fifteen percent of Ever quest players say Im addicted. Thirty percent can be considered as addicts, he said.His survey of hundreds of heavy online games players showed half of

11、them reported family conflict and romantic failure as a result of their hobby.Heavy games players can play an average 17 to 26 hours a week. The online game sin which players battle with opponents online are considered the most attractive and time consuming.Other scientists, who like Chee have carri

12、ed out scientific surveys, said heavy games players were in fact sociable and not the pathological（病理上的）loners they are often made out to be. According to them, many players were members of an onlin eclan to try to become more successful against opponents in the game and many had relationships with

13、clan members in real life.The underlined word “Everquesf in the fourth paragraph may be.A. the name of an online gameB. the name of a schoolC. the name of a jobD. the name of a personWhat is the view of Florence Chee a research student at Simon Fraser University?The online game isnt addictive.Not al

14、l game players can be considered as addicts.The online game is harmful.If you spend much time on school or worK you will become addictive too.Why so many people are addicted to computer games?A Computer games are like alcohol and drugs.This is a social problem.C The game players try to become succes

15、sful against their counterparts in the game.D They are sociable and pathological loners.Which of the following is NOT true?A There is no medicine to deal with gaming behavior.No governments have put pressure on the computer games industry.C Thirty percent of Everquest players can be considered as ad

16、dicts.D Heavy games players can play an average 17 to 26 hours a week.CThe Queen sEnglish is now sounding less upper-class, a scientific study of the Queen s Christmas broadcasts has found. Researchers have studied each of her messages to the Commonwealth countries since 1952 to find out the change

17、in her pronunciation from the noble Upper Received to the Standard Received.Jonathan Harrington, a professor at Germany sUniversity of Munich, wanted to discover whether accent changes recorded over the past half century would take place within one person. far as I know, there just is nobody else fo

18、r whom there is this sort of broadcast records,He said the noble way of pronouncing vowels （元音 ） had gradually lost ground as the noble upper-class accent over the past years.“ Her accent sounds slightly less noble than it did 50 yearsBut these are very, very small and slow changes that we don t not

19、ice from year to year.“ We may be able to relate it to changes in the social classes,” he told The Daily TelBritish newspaper. “ In 1952 she would have been heard saying thet men in the bleck hetwould be that man in the black hat . Similarly, she would have spoken of the citayrather than citeean d d

20、uteeand, hamerather than home In. the 1950s she would have been lorst , but by the 1970s lost . ”The Queen s broadcast is a personal message to the Commonwealth countries. Each Christmas, the 10-minute broadcast is put on TV at 3 p.m. in Britain as many families are recovering from their traditional

21、 turkey lunch.The results were published in the Journal of Phonetics.What is the text mainly about?A The relationship between accents and social classes.The Queen s Christmas speeches on. TVC The changes in a person s accent.D The recent development of the English language.The Queen s broadcasts wer

22、e chosen for the study mainly because _.A she has been Queen for many yearsshe has a less uppe-rclass accent nowC her speeches are familiar to many peopleD her speeches have been recorded for 50 yearsWe may infer from the text that the Journal of Phonetics is a magazine on _.A speech soundsB Christm

23、as customsC TV broadcastingD personal messages Which of the following is an example of a less noble accent in English?A “ dutay ” B “ citee ” C “ hame”D “ lorst ”D“Youcan choose your friends, but you can cthoose your family ” Thatline comes from American writer Harper Lee s book To Kill a Mockin gbN

24、irodw compare her words with another famous expression: “ Bloodis thicker than water ” meaning that family will always be with you while other people with no blood connection may come and goHaving strong ties to family andfriends haslong beenidentified as an important part of being happy and healthy

25、.Peopleneedpeople. However, if forced to choose which is more important, American researchersnow say friendship is more important thanfamily Their newstudysuggeststhat friendsmay bemore important than family membersThestudycomesfrom researchersat Michigan StateUniversity They found the importance of

26、 friendship to health and happiness grow as people get olderKeeping afew really goodfriends aroundcanmake a world of difference for our healthand well-beingThe researchersconsideredinformation from two separatesurveys The first involvedjust over271,000subjects.Theyparticipatedin astudy on health and

27、happiness.Thesecond survey hadnearly 7, 500 participants Its purposewasto study the relationship support in older adults suffering from chronic（慢性病）.In the first group, both family andfriendships influenced overall health and happiness However,in the second,researcherssaid that friendships becamea s

28、trongerpredictor ofhealth and happinessaspeoplegetolder Also in the secondgroup,unhealthy friendships ledto increasedchronic conditions.but with supportive friends,the study shows, participantsreportedbeing happierReasons:peoplecan keepthe friendships that makethem feel good andmove on fromtheonesth

29、at dont Family, on the other hand, will always be with you Theycanbe helpful and enjoyable, but canalso causetroublesIn general,friendships affect our day-to-day happiness and how long we live so more than relationships with spouses（E 偶）and family . Friendships keep usfrom being lonely. But keeping a friendship for a long time takes workThis may be good news for peoplewho dont havestrongties with