高一英语阅读理解练习及答案

1、.高一英语阅读理解专练awhen many people are worried that there are no more heroes in the modern era， two universitystudents who lost their lives to rescue drowning children have shown that heroes still exist（存在）according to the inner mongolia morning post，the tragedy（悲剧）occurred on the afternoon ofdecember 14,

2、2002 when three school students skating on a frozen lake in qingcheng park inhohhot fell through the ice into the freezing watermore than 20 university students who happened to be near the spot immediately went to therescue of the children two children were quickly rescued ，but the third died the ch

3、ilds body wasnot found for three hours. two of the rescuers ， liu ye and hao longbiao ， also died of cold andexhaustion（筋疲力尽） .the body of hao who took the lead in jumping into the lake was not founduntil the next day a student who was unwilling to tell his name said he and his classmates fromthe lo

4、cal college were taking photos at the lake when they heard the childrens cries for help ，they went to the ice hole hand in hand to rescue the children but the ice kept breaking ， causingmost of them to fall into the icy waterlocal residents held mourning ceremonies （祭奠仪式）at the lakeeight of the stud

5、ents were seriously affected by the freezing water and were being kept inhospital for further observation ， but their lives were no longer in danger 1 the underlined word“ occurred” heremeans ”“a. employedb. mixedc. guidedd. happened2 when the three students fell into water ， the university students

6、 were a. skating on the iceb. taking photos at the lakec. having a picnicd. walking along the lake3 which of the following is true according to the passage？a.three students died on the same day in all b. hao longbiao s body was found on december 14,2002c the university students didn t think it dange

7、rous to save the drowning children inthe laked. local residents were not brave in face of danger 4 it can be inferred thata. people think little of the two university students deathb. the ice on the lake wasnt strong enough to skate onc. some students regretted for what they had doned. heroes dont a

8、gree with the steps of modern times5 the author wrote the passage to a. warn people of the danger of skating on iceb. call on people to learn from the brave university studentsc. tell us a tragedyd. advise university students to cherish （珍惜）their livesbno one is glad to hear that his body has to be

9、cut open by a surgeon（外科医生）and part of it;.taken outtoday， however，we neednt worry about feeling pain during the operation the sick person falls into a kind of sleep ，and when he awakes， the operation is finished but these happy conditions are fairly new it is not many years since a man who had to h

10、ave operation felt all itspainlong ago ， operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything thesick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him. hecould feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off， and his fearful cries filled

11、 the room andthe hearts of those who watchedsoon after1770,josept priestleydiscovereda gas whichisnowcalled“ laughinggas ”laughing gas became known in america young men and women went to parties to tryit most of them spent their time laughing ， but one man at a party， horace wells， noticed that peop

12、le didnt seem to feel pain when they were using this gas he decided to make an experiment on himself he asked a friend to help him wells took some of the gas ， and his friend pulled out one of well wells sfeltteethno painat allas he didnt know enough about laughing gas，he gave a man less gas than he

13、 should have the man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out wells tried again ， but this time he gave too much of the gas ， and the man died wells never forgot this terrible event 6 it is since a man being operated felt all the pain a. a few more yearsb. not longc. few yearsd. two t

14、housand years7 long ago， when the sick man was operated on， he a. could feel nothingb. could not want anythingc. could feel all the paind. could do anything8 using the laughing gas ， the people did not seem to a. he afraid of anythingb. feel painc. want to go to the partiesd. be ill9if a man took le

15、ss laughing gas than he should have when anoperation went on ， he a. felt nothingb. felt very comfortable （舒服的）c . still felt paind. would die10. one who took too much of the laughing gasa. would laugh all the timeb. would diec. would never feel paind. would be very calmkeys: 1 5 dbabb6 10 bcbcbc“ t

16、he more you learn, the more you earn,” said the pop singer cyndi lauper as she accepted herhigh school diploma( 证书 ) , at the age of 35 ! although cyndi made it without a high school degree, most people dont. in the usa today, about 75% of jobs need some education or technical training further than

17、high school. the lowest wage earners in the usa are those without high school degrees; college graduates(毕业生 ) outearn those without a college education. people with;.masters degrees（硕士学位） outearn those with only a bachelor ( 学士学位 ); and the highest incomes of all are earned by people with advanced

18、professional or academic degrees. these generalizations explain why most of young americans go to college. however, despite the averages, more diplomas dont always mean more money. many skilled blue-collar workers, salespeople business executives, and entrepreneurs outearn college professors and sci

19、entific researchers. and great athletes and entertainers outearn everyone else!11. cyndi lauper _.a. had been studying in high school before she was thirty-fiveb. wasnt clever because she graduated from high school too latec. got her high school diploma when she was already thirty-fived. didnt like

20、studying12. according to the passage,_.a. high school diploma and high school degree are the same thingb. people cant get both high school diploma and degreec. people must get both high school diploma and degreed. people can get both high school diploma and degree or either13. why do most american y

21、oung people go to college?a. because their parents force them to go to college.b. because they cant get a job if they dont go to college.c. because the situation of the society make them go to college.d. because they like studying.14. what may the word“ outearn” mean?a. earning more money.b. earning

22、 less money.c. earning no money.d. working better.15. which of the following is right?a. if you dont have a diploma, you cant earn money.b. those who have diplomas always earn more money than those who dont have diplomas.c. less diplomas always mean less money.d. great athletes may earn more money t

23、han other people.droosevelt s active and clever mind helped him greatly through periods of his illness. as soon as he could sit up, he worked on his stamp collection, began to write a history of the united states and a book about john paul jones a navy hero. he was also ready to try anything that mi

24、ght help him to get well. a member of his family tells the following: roosevelt got a great deal of physical exercise later simply by crawling around on the floor. although now over forty, he spent hours crawling around his library floor like a child. then he decided to learn how to go up the stairs

25、 by himself. day after day he would pull himself up the stairs by the power of his hands and arms. he insisted that his family and friends watch him and talk with him, to give the impression that what he was doing an everyday routine ( 例行的 ) action.16. from this passage we know that roosevelt _.a. w

26、as good at sportsb. couldn t sit upc. was a stamp collectord. was once seriously ill;.17. john paul jones was _.a. the man who was ready to help rooseveltb. the writer of the passagec. of the membersof roosevelt s familyd. a hero in the navy18. roosevelt liked _.a. crawling on the floorb. reading an

27、d writingc. physical exercised.climbing stairs19. roosevelt had a lot of exercise in order to _.a. get praised by his friends and family membersb. tell his friends he was healthyc. get well againd. show he was active and clever20. after a period of exercise. roosevelt _.a. could walk up the stairs w

28、ith the help of othersb. could crawl upstairs with his feetc. could get upstairs without anybody to help himd. could stand up and walk for a whilekey:11-15c d c a d16-20 d d b c cejoker found one of the biggest diamonds in the world in his own back yard. he sold the stone toa diamond dealer for over

29、 three hundred thousand dollars. in new york, the diamond was resold.this time for almost eight hundred thousand dollars. the true value of a diamond is never knownuntil it has been cut. once cut successfully, its value can increase a thousand times. it s easy tounderstand why the owner of the joker

30、 diamond went to the best diamond cutter he knew, kaplan.the cutter studied the diamond for twelve whole months.when he felt he was ready to start work, he discovered a flaw (瑕疵 ). he had to begin withhis calculations ( 计算 ) all over again, or he might have made the stone useless. six more monthspas

31、sed, and kaplan finallysaid to the owner, “ iam ready to start my work. there willbe oneexcellent diamond that willbe comparable to any in the world, plus eleven small diamonds offirst- class quality.” kaplan waited a few more days until be felt he was in the best physical andmental (精神的 ) condition

32、 possible. he picked up his tools and held his breath as he made the first blow. the diamond split ( 切开 ) exactly as he promised.21. joker found one of the biggest diamonds in the world _.a. in a minuteb. at the foot of a big mountainc. in his own backyardd. in a garage22. a diamond dealer is a pers

33、on _,a. in the diamond businessb. who stores diamondsc. who cuts diamondsd. who sells diamonds23. when the diamond was resold, _.a. the dealer lost a lot of moneyb. joker made some more moneyc. the dealer got 800,000 dollarsd. kaplan got 800,000 dollars24. the owner of the diamond thought that if th

34、e diamond was cut successfully it might be worth _.;.a. $300,000b. $500, 000c. $300, 000,000d. $800, 000, 00025. kaplan studied the diamond for _.a. one and a half yearsb. more than half a yearc. over eighteen monthsd. more than nineteen monthskey:21 25 cacdcfthe nervous-looking young man had waited

35、 for a few moments outside the jeweller s before he got enough courage to enter. he was warmly greeted by a young assistant. james felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthdaypresent. the assistant listened carefully and told himhe d b

36、etter buy a necklace. he wasn t used tobuying jewellery and was a little worried about over-spending. after some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him tochoose. at last james c hose one and left the shop promising to return at f

37、ive o clock. when, halfan hour later than planned, james did return to the shop with his future wife, laura, the assistantacted as if she had never seen him before. when she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the

38、one she had prepared. a choice was soon made and they went away satisfied. james would certainly come back to buy what he wanted when he got married.26.a good title for this passage is_.a. a clever assistantb. buying a birthday presentc. how to choose a necklaced. a brave young man27.the word“ overs

39、pending ” in this passage means_.a. spending too much moneyb. spending too much timec. spending more time than he plannedd. spending too much time and too much money28.when james told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face_.a. turned paleb. turned redc. turned yellowd. turned black29

40、.james and laura reached the shop ata. 4:30b.5:00c.5:30d.6:0030. james would come back to buy what he wanted because_.a. the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy thingsb. the necklace was goodc. laura liked the necklaced. the assistant who served james was very beautifulkeys:26-3

41、0 aabca;.the chinese invented paper in 105 a. d. they mixed the bark of a tree and rags (破布 ) withwater, put a screen into the mixture, and lifted out a thin piece of wet paper. they dried the paper in the sun.the chinese kept their secret of how to make paper until a war with muslims in the ninthce

42、ntury. the art of papermaking soon spread throughout the muslim world.the mayan indians in central america and pacific islanders also discovered how to makepaper, but their knowledge never spread lo the rest of the world.for centuries, all paper was made by hand. rags were the main material. then a

43、frenchscientist discovered that people could make paper from wood, too. finally,in the eighteenthcentury. a frenchman invented a machine to make paper from wood.31. who discovered how to make paper?a. the chinese.b. the pacific islanders.c. the mayan indians.c. all of the above.32. when did the chin

44、ese invent paper according to the passage?a. about 1 ,800 years ago.b. about 1, 900 years ago.c. about 2, 000 years ago.d. about 2, 100 years ago.33. which of the following is the most important thing that has made it possible for paper making industry to develop so quickly in the last few centuries

45、?a. new discoveries.b. new inventions.c. hardwork.d. science.34. how was papermaking introduced into the rest of the world from china?a. through wars,b. through the muslims.c. through the mayan indians.d. through the pacific islanders.35. which of the following is the best title for this passage?a.

46、the invention of paper.b. the history of papermaking.c. different ways of making paper.d. the invention of a papermaking machine.hbefore the print was brought to england in 1476, everything was written by hand. the few people who knew how to write were trained in schools set up by the church. those

47、who made a living by writing for other people were called scribes( 抄写员 ) 。the work of scribes was not easy. much of it had to be done fast in order to meet the needs of the king. the church and traders. most of the writing was in latin( 拉丁 ) ,but some of it was in the english of the day. and no one

48、was quite sure how some english words should be spelled.one problem was that several letters were written with short vertical strok （竖笔） that all looked like each other. among them were the letters , i, u, v, m and n, thus .five straight lines in a row might stand for uni nui uvi or mii.as a result

49、.reading was sometimes difficult, especially when the writing was done in a hurry. the scribes solved( 解决 )the problem in part, by changing the letter u to o when it came beforem. n or v. this is how sum and cum came lo be written as some and come.at some point, too, the scribes seemed to have decid

50、ed that no english word should be ended by u or v. thus, in time an e was added to such words as live, have, due and true. it was added, but not;.pronounced.36. which of the following is true according to the passage? a. everything has been written by hand in english since 1476.b. more than 500 year

51、s ago no people made a living by writing for other people.c. the church set up schools to train scribes before 1476.d. scribes in england worked only for kings and traders.37. which of the following is false?a. often the scribes had to work with great speed.b. the spelling of some english words was

52、changed.d. some scribes of the day were quite sure about the spelling of many english words.38. sometimes people couldn t read easily_.a. because there were too many u s and v s inwordssonic englishb. because most of the writing was in latinc. when the writing was in englishd. when tile writing was

53、done hurriedly39. the scribes changed u before m to o because a. the change helped them write fasterb. the change made reading easierc. um and om had the same pronunciation d. om was the right order40. it is believed that some scribes thoughta. it important to add an e to every english wordb. the le

54、tter e at the end of any word shouldnt be pronouncedc. it natural to change the spelling of sonic latin wordsd. an english word should be ended neither by n nor by vimans first real inventions, and one of the most important inventions in history, was the wheel.all transportation and machine in the world depend on it.the wheel is the simplest yet but perhaps the most remarkable ( 值得注意的 ) of all inventions. because there are no wheels in nature no living thing was ever created with wheels. how, then, did man come to invent the wheel?perhaps some early hunters found