高一寒假阅读理解综合测试(106868)-高一英语阅读(623)-21英语网

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I strongly believe that we can have an important effect on anyone we meet. The right words at just the right time could totally change someone’s life.

Years ago, that’s what happened to me. My life was completely changed because a simple three-word phrase was delivered at the right time in just the right way.

When I was 3 years old, my parents discovered I was totally deaf. After asking many educational specialists, doctors, psychologists (心理学家), and parents of other deaf children, they decided to put me in a “mainstream” school. All of my classmates and teachers would have normal hearing.

From the time I started going there in the third grade, I was the only deaf child at Blue Creek Elementary School in the small, quiet town of Latham, New York. From almost the first day there, the other kids made fun of me and called me names mainly because of my hearing aid (助听器) and the way I talked.

I worried throughout elementary school because, in addition to (除了) the problems of “fitting in” with the other students, I also struggled with most of my schoolwork.

Although I seemed outgoing, my self-esteem (自尊心) was quite low. I saw myself as an ugly kid wearing a weird-looking (看上去奇怪的) box around his neck who wasn’t even smart enough to keep up with the other kids.

One morning, she asked the class a question. Mrs Jordan, my fifth-grade teacher, changed all of that with a simple three-word phrase. Mrs Jordan was a large woman with a voice that bounced (反弹) off the walls of her tiny classroom.

I read her lips (嘴唇) and immediately raised my hand. For once I knew the answer. But, when she called on me, I was afraid. I took a deep breath and nervously answered Mrs Jordan’s question.

I will never forget what happened next.

Mrs Jordan pointed directly at me. With sparkling (闪光的) eyes and a wide smile she cried: “THAT’S RIGHT, STEPHEN!”

For the first time in my young life, I was an instant star (一举成名的人). My confidence soared (剧增) like never before.

I decided right then and there that I would make a place for myself in this world. No matter how many obstacles (障碍) I might meet in life, I knew I could overcome them. A simple three-word phrase delivered with incredible enthusiasm (热情) had totally changed my young life. “THAT’S RIGHT, STEPHEN!”

1. A “mainstream” school is probably where ______.

A. students with disabilities go to study

B. students can receive extra care

C. most students do not have disabilities

D. there are many wonderful teachers

2. What was the author’s school life like?

A. He got along very well with his classmates.

B. He could deal with his homework easily.

C. He kept up with others by working hard.

D. He felt ashamed of his performance in school.

3. When Mrs Jordan called on the author, ______.

A. he was so nervous that he forgot the answer

B. he didn’t expect to receive such encouraging praise

C. he was afraid that his classmates might laugh at him

D. he knew he would become an instant star afterwards

4. With his story, the author mainly intends to tell us that ______.

A. teachers should help their students build their confidence

B. the right words at the right time could make a difference

C. being disabled doesn’t mean being less important than others

D. you need to prove yourself when you are given the chance

B

A day in the life of 18-year-old David Lanster is full of typical (典型的) teenage stuff: school, baseball practice, homework. And then he starts cooking.

“Some nights I’m up until 1 am making pies, or even later if we’re braising (蒸) beef,” said the student at Ransom Everglades High School in Florida, US.

For the past year, Lanster and Kelly Moran, his classmate, have been hosting fancy dinner parties at Lanster’s parents’ home. Their meals have 17 courses and are all made by them.

Their guests used to give them thank-you gifts until the two decided to give to charity (慈善).

“We got some really great Miami Heat tickets, a nice watch, and many kitchen gadgets (小物件),” Lanster said. “But we wanted to make this something positive for people other than us.”

Lanster and Moran focused on Common Threads, a Chicago-based nonprofit (非营利组织). It aims to teach kids in poor communities (社区) to cook and make healthy eating choices.

The young cooks ask their guests to donate (捐款) however much they want as payment for their meals. It all goes to Common Threads because Lanster’s parents cover their food costs. After their last 12-person event, Lanster and Moran gave $1,600 (9,843 yuan) to the charity.

Now they’re taking their show out of Lanster’s parents’ kitchen and on the road. Lanster and Moran have started to organize private dinner parties with a similar model (模式): the host pays for ingredients, and the guests make a donation to a charity of their choice.

Without formal (正规的) training, Lanster said he had been interested in cooking since he helped his mom in the kitchen when he was very young. He has learned how to cook by reading cookbooks and watching TV programs.

Outside the kitchen, the two are busy preparing their college applications (申请). Neither is sure what they will do in future, but they’ve promised their parents that they’ll leave professional cooking alone until they finish school.

5. How is Lanster’s life different from other teenagers’ lives?

A. He stays up late to finish homework.

B. He plays baseball every day after school.

C. He goes to a cooking school in his spare time.

D. He holds dinner parties to collect money for charity.

6. After each dinner party, Lanster and Moran ______.

A. receive thank-you cards from the guests

B. cover the food costs with the money they have collected

C. ask their guests to donate money to charity

D. visit the poor children at Common Threads

7. Which of the following about Lanster and Moran is TRUE?

A. They received formal cooking training before starting their dinner parties.

B. They hate going to school and trying to do something different.

C. They’ve made up their minds to become professional chefs.

D. Their way of giving to charity is different from others.

8. Which of the following words best describe Lanster and Moran?

A. Creative and helpful.

B. Humorous and optimistic (乐观的).

C. Outgoing and patient.

D. Confident and cautious (谨慎的).

C

Who could forget those sleepless nights this past summer watching Germany beat Brazil and Argentina to win the 2014 World Cup in Brazil?

It was their fourth World Cup trophy (奖杯), and it gave them the No 1 position in FIFA’s new world rankings, released on Dec 18.

As the Business Insider website put it, “Germany is becoming the most dominant (举足轻重的) soccer team in the world”. But how has this change happened?

The Independent newspaper offers a clue (线索): “For more than 10 years, German teams have been building in exactly the right way – developing young players, working together, and taking on the ideas that other leagues do not value quite as much.”

After Germany scored only one goal at the 2000 European Championships, there was a lot of confusion in Germany about why the country no longer produced good young players. So in 2001, the German Football League required (要求) that all Bundesliga (德甲) clubs set up academies (院校) with youth teams from Under-12s to Under-23s.

The clubs now spend over 100 million (764 million yuan) on youth development every year. And they have improved young German players enough to put them among the best in Europe. For example, Bayern Munich midfielder Thomas Mueller, 25, who scored five times at the 2014 World Cup, was educated in the academies.

More than anything, though, it is cooperation (合作) that has pushed the Bundesliga forward. Bayern is the richest team in Germany, but the team helps its rivals when needed.

In 2005 Bayern gave Borussia Dortmund, who were close to going bankrupt (破产的), a large loan (贷款) to keep the team alive. Bayern’s president Uli Hoeness said this was a way of keeping “the tradition in sports”.

Judging by the country’s World Cup performances, the German soccer tradition is doing better than ever. As Bleacher Report predicted (预测), “Germany can play on top of the world for a few years yet.”

9. What is the article mainly about?

A. Why soccer is so popular in Germany.

B. What has made Germany a successful soccer team.

C. The failures and successes of the German soccer team.

D. How the German soccer team became the world champions this summer.

10. What has helped Germany to top FIFA’s new world rankings according to the article?

a. learning from other countries

b. developing young players

c. improving cooperation

d. competing within teams

A. a, b B. b, c

C. c, d D. a, d

11. What does the underlined word “rivals” mean?

A. Competitors.

B. Followers.

C. Teammates.

D. Supporters.

12. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

A. This year was the third time that Germany had won the World Cup.

B. Since 2001, Bundesliga clubs have spent over 100 million on youth development.

C. It is believed that the German soccer team will perform well in the coming years.

D. In the first decade of the 21st century, Germany produced many of the top young players in Europe.

D

Which do you think would cost more, a film or a Mars mission (任务)?

The obvious answer is a Mars mission, you may have thought.

After all, NASA spent $671 million (4.11 billion yuan) on its MAVEN mission, which put its spacecraft (航天器) into Mars’ orbit (轨道) late last month.

But India may disagree.

On its first try, India also put a spacecraft into Mars’ orbit in late September, at a cost of only $74 million. The spacecraft is called the Mars Orbiter.

In contrast (对比), the 2013 sci-fi film Gravity cost about $100 million to make.

So how has India done it? Well, people costs are lower in a nation with such a big population, and the mission used a lot of home-grown technology instead of expensive foreign imports (进口产品).

But a more important reason is that India has been doing things simply, according to the BBC.

They’ve kept it small. The spacecraft’s payload (荷载) weighs about 15kg. It has only five instruments that will study Mars’ atmosphere and weather, take color pictures of the planet, and map its surface in the next six months.

NASA’s MAVEN, however, carries a 65kg payload. It includes nine instruments that will study Mars’ atmosphere as part of a yearlong mission and a 10-year scientific campaign. It will also help NASA to communicate with its probes (探测器) on Mars.

Of course, India’s Mars Orbiter won’t be able to do as much as the MAVEN. But it will try to answer some of the biggest questions about the Red Planet. It will try to look for methane (甲烷) in the atmosphere.

This is one of the hottest topics in Mars research at the moment.

Methane in the Earth’s atmosphere mainly comes from microbes (微生物). So if people can find methane in Mars’ atmosphere, it could prove that there’s life on the Red Planet.

Scientists believe that the Indian spacecraft’s findings, together with those of other countries, will help us to have a better understanding of the planet.

The Indian orbiter seems to be excited to make friends in space, too. Its Twitter account greeted NASA’s Mars Curiosity probe: “Howdy (how do you do) ... Keep in touch. I’ll be around.”

13. Why is the film Gravity mentioned at the beginning of the article?

A. To show how expensive it is to make a sci-fi film.

B. To show that the film is similar to real space missions.

C. To show that the Indian spacecraft cost less by comparison.

D. To show that a film is by no means more expensive than a space mission.

14. What is the main factor that brought down the cost of the Indian spacecraft?

A. The use of light, recyclable (可回收的) materials.

B. The simple instruments and small payload.

C. The use of home-made technology.

D. The low people cost in India.

15. Which is one of the main tasks of the Indian spacecraft?

A. To check whether there is life on Mars.

B. To study the atmosphere and surface of Mars.

C. To work with NASA’s Mars Curiosity probe.

D. To analyze methane in the atmosphere of Mars.

16. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?

A. It is the first time that India has sent a spacecraft into space.

B. Some countries have already found microbes on Mars.

C. NASA’s MAVEN has the heaviest payload in spacecraft history.

D. Scientists from other countries also take an interest in looking for methane on Mars.

E

The Internet almost never forgets. Search engines such as Google are very good at looking through the web for the information you need. This is great, as long as the web pages found are favorable (有利的) to you. But what if you don’t like what it finds about you?

In Europe, starting from May, people can request that search engines take down links. It’s called “the right to be forgotten”.

On May 13, the European Court of Justice ruled that search engines with European domains (域名) – such as google.co.uk, bing.fr, and yahoo.de –must allow EU citizens (公民) to remove links to personal information that is “inadequate (不适当的), irrelevant, or no longer relevant”.

However, there was a problem with the ruling, which was that the links could still be found on other versions of Google, like google.com. In a new set of rules agreed on Nov 26, the EU’s privacy regulators (监管者) said that the online right to be forgotten should go global – especially on .com websites like google.com, The Wall Street Journal reported.

“The rules will help build trust in online services because people will be better informed about their rights and more in control of their information,” Viviane Reding, the European Commission’s vice-president, told the BBC.

Since the ruling in May, Google, which controls 90 percent of search engine traffic in Europe, had gotten more than 170,000 requests to delete links by mid-November. It has taken down 42 percent of the requested links on its European websites, according to Google.

Many people are pleased with the new rules as they will no longer be haunted (困扰) all their lives by one stupid moment, such as a picture from a wild party years ago.

Many companies now use social media to find out about those who are applying for jobs. According to a Jobvite survey of 1,855 US recruiters (招聘者) in November, 55 percent of them think again about their applicants after searching them online, and 61 percent of those times it is for a negative (负面的) reason, USA Today reported.

However, experts are worrying that the rules may not be a good thing.

“The rules are the biggest threat (威胁) to free speech and the public’s right to know on the Internet in the coming decade,” professor Jeffrey Rosen at George Washington University told NPR.

“If people are willing to give their whole life story and every private detail over to the public, they should not be surprised that there is trouble getting rid of it and should take the results it may bring,” said Rosen.

17. What change did the new rules announce on Nov 26?

A. EU citizens finally got the right to be forgotten online.

B. People’s right to be forgotten online started to apply to global sites.

C. EU citizens became able to request that search engines take down irrelevant links.

D. Google started to take down requested links on its European websites.

18. According to a Jobvite survey, ______ of recruiters think again about their applicants after searching for them online.

A. 90 percent B. 42 percent

C. 55 percent D. 61 percent

19. How can people benefit from the new rules?

A. People can now request that any links online that are harmful to them are taken down.

B. People no longer have to worry about stupid moments in their past.

C. People are now freer to express their own opinions.

D. People can now be more in control of their personal information.

20. We can conclude from the article that Jeffrey Rosen holds a(n) ______ attitude toward the new rules.

A. negative

B. positive

C. indifferent (漠不关心的)

D. neutral (中立的)

阅读理解综合训练答案解析

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1. C。从“All of my peers and teachers would have normal hearing”可知C正确。

2. D。从“my self-esteem was quite low”可判断，作者在学校里过得很糟糕，感觉很羞愧。

3. B。从“I will never forget what happened next”，“My confidence soared

like never before”可判断B正确，作者从没想到过会受到这样的称赞。

4. B。从文章开头的“The right words at just the right time could totally change someone's life”和“A simple three-word phrase delivered with incredible enthusiasm had totally transformed my young life”可知B正确。

B

5. D。Lanster和Moran别的方面和普通学生一样，与众不同的是通过组织dinner party做慈善。

6. C。从“The young cooks ask their guests to donate however much they want as payment for their meals”可知C正确。

7. D。他们不是直接捐钱做慈善，而是提供美食，让客人把愿意付这些美食的钱捐掉，很独特的一种方式。

8. A。他们两人找到了一种比较特殊的做慈善的方式，很有自己的想法创意，所以可以用creative和helpful形容他们。

C

9. B。文章主要介绍了德国足球重新回到世界巅峰的原因。

10. B。从“German teams have been building in exactly the right way – developing young players, working together …”和“it is cooperation that has pushed the Bundesliga forward”可知b，c正确。

11. A。Bayern和Dortmund同是德甲的俱乐部，两者之间是竞争对手的关系。

12. C。从“As Bleacher Report predicted, ‘Germany can play on top of the world for a few years yet.’”可判断C正确。

D

13. C。从“India also put a spacecraft into Mars’ orbit ... only $74 million”和“In contrast, the 2013 sci-fi film Gravity cost about $100 million”可知，印度这个火星探测器成本很低，通过与科幻电影的成本对比体现这一点。

14. B。从“a more important reason is that India has been doing things simply”和“They’ve kept it small”可判断B正确。A文中没有提到，C、D虽然也是原因，但并不是最主要的。

15. B。从“It has only five instruments that will study Mars’ atmosphere and weather, take color pictures of the planet, and map its surface”可判断B正确。

16. D。从“It will try to look for methane in the atmosphere. This is one of the hottest topics in Mars research at the moment”可判断D正确。这是印度第一次发射火星探测器，而非第一个宇宙飞船，A错误；还没有国家在火星上发现微生物，B错误；文中只说了MAVEN的重量，并没有提到它是不是最重的宇宙飞船，C错误。

E

17. B。从“In a new set of rules agreed on Nov 26, the EU’s privacy regulators said that the online right to be forgotten should go global”可知B正确。从“In Europe, starting from May, people can request that search engines take down links”可知，从五月份起，欧盟公民就已经有the right to be forgotten了，不是11月26日的新规定，A错误。

18. C。数字细节题，从“55 percent of them think again about their applicants after searching them online”可知答案为C。

19. D。从“The rules will help build trust in online services because people will be better informed about their rights and more in control of their information”可知D正确。

20. A。从“experts are worrying”和“The legislation is the biggest threat to free speech and the public’s right to know on the Internet”可判断A正确。